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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: The Philosopher who wrote (10431)4/4/2001 8:06:50 PM
From: Lazarus_Long   of 82486
 
In mixed societies of some atheists, some agnostics, and some believers, morals have generally been those developed by the believers and adopted, usually through social pressure, by the atheists and agnostics.
Prove it. Go ahead, prove it. Historical source, please? And are Buddhists amoral or immoral? Because there is no God or gods in Buddhism.

What, then, would morality be based on?
What happens when a believer loses his belief? If I am to believe you, he is an immoral monster who probably should be shot.
Can not morality be based upon the good of the individual and of society as a whole? There may be (and is) much disagreement about what those are, but there also is much agreement.
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