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Atheists & Agnostics

Zoeisright

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2. The source of morality is evolution, plain and simple.

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 04:46 PM

Apr 2013

Banding together was the only way human beings made it. And being kind to each other was the only way to stand banding together.

The most "christian" people I have known have been the meanest, most judgmental, cruelest people in the world. And that's WITH the threat of "eternal damnation".

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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