Say you have my moral code. It states this, and only this: You may not take what is not yours.
This means you are free in all your choices, so long as it takes no freedom away from someone else.
I base this code, as I've said before (but since I've been asked how I see something as wrong, I'll say it again) on the fact that we are all born separate creatures with separate minds. Since no one can determine personal morals for anyone else, the true law is that no one should, with the only rule being that rights for one means rights for each individual (the price paid for true freedom is respecting true freedom). As long as no one is infringed upon, no wrong has been committed.
Someone said something about homosexuality. I can't consider it wrong, so long as we're talking about consenting individuals (if we're not, the wrong is something entirely different anyway). Even if I did, somehow, I'm allowed to, as long as I don't start trying to stop them. What is the foundation for thinking it's wrong?
One more time on origins. No one knows how it happened. The difference is, some are saying it, but you (those who do) believe you have an answer. This question (once again) is not the determining one in the question of what to believe. Because no idea about the beginning is fact, because it is not known absolutely, it is not a basis for making a decision.
And Jordan person, maybe you cannot conceive of purpose without something outside of us or reality or however it is you phrase it, and I can only say to that, and there is no condescension or insult here, only genuine feeling (this isn't a phrase I use often): I feel sorry for you.
Last edited by Jenna_Atheist; 10/12/06 08:12 PM.
