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[NeoGreen]

36. False binary choice...

Last edited Fri Dec 22, 2017, 11:36 AM - Edit history (1)

...the premise of the question is flawed.

It isn't derived from one or the other of the two choices presented.

Human Morality does not require religion. Generic morality does not require religion or humans. Religion does not necessarily mitigate "evil instincts" (however defined), and often acts as a catalyst to perpetuate them or make them worse. The so called "good aspects" of religion are a mere patina as cover.

Man is 200,000 years old, however, Hinduism, which is recognised as the world’s oldest living religion, began to emerge a mere 5,000 years ago. Judaism dawned in the 2nd Century BCE. Logically then men existed for approximately 195,000 years before any religions that we can recognise as religions today were established.

So what?
This only tells us that whatever religion(s)/moral constructs preceded the last 5000 years didn't survive to now.
Maybe the maximum life span of any particular religion is in the neighborhood of 5000 years?

I would postulate that it would be beneficial, for humanity as a whole, to understand this dynamic in the hopes of reducing that lifespan.

There's a good quote somewhere that speaks about the entrails of the last priest, or something...