RE: [asa] Re: good atheists?

Can you deduce or derive the golden rule from atheism? However, Christ did teach us to love one another as He loved us. That is why we love even our enemies. One cannot deduce love from denying God. After all, there may be some innate features in humans, say obeying the golden rule, that are there and an atheist who loves does not prove that he/she is basing his/her love on atheism.
Moorad
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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of Cogan, Susan L. [susan-brassfield@ou.edu]
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The golden rule seems to be reinvented every generation. It appears to be thousands of years old and is found in every culture and every religious document. “Do no harm” gets you 99% down the road, morally speaking, and seems to be an ordinary part of being human.

On 9/4/09 2:07 PM, "Alexanian, Moorad" <alexanian@uncw.edu<UrlBlockedError.aspx>> wrote:

Then, do we invent new ones or do we choose from the existing ones? How do we play the game?

Moorad

From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu<UrlBlockedError.aspx> [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of Cogan, Susan L.
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That is correct. All morality is man-made. Who else? We are the ones who benefit from it.

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Received on Fri Sep 4 16:19:32 2009