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Atheists & Agnostics

gcomeau

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1. I'm a little surprised...

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 12:52 PM

Apr 2013

...that the "you need God" crowd hasn't really shown up at all in there. The entire thread is the OP getting schooled on what the real world nature of ethical and moral systems is with hardly a peep out of any of the "morals come from God because he is the ultimate good and even if you don't believe in him he put them in you anyway and is the ultimate absolute standard" crowd.

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The 'source of morality' thread.. [View all] Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 OP

I'm a little surprised... gcomeau Apr 2013 #1

exactly! Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #5

The source of morality is evolution, plain and simple. Zoeisright Apr 2013 #2

That's been my experience too! JNelson6563 Apr 2013 #3

Our furrier cousins also have morals onager Apr 2013 #4

While I find studies of altruism in primates to be fascinating, deucemagnet Apr 2013 #6

Thanks! I sort of suspected that... onager Apr 2013 #7

Glad to be of help! deucemagnet Apr 2013 #8