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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: Greg or e who wrote (27208)9/18/2009 3:16:43 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 28931
 
"I have never seen anyone express moral outrage at someone else who picked Chocolate over vanilla"

You don't need to use the word "moral". It is just confusing you and preventing you from understanding. I would certainly be more than outraged if someone I loved chose arsenic over chocolate. I would be devastated. Such value differences as chocolate or vanilla are relatively unimportant--at least to me.

Please note: I would not be "morally" devastated. I would simply be devastated. Does this help, at all.

Another example: Some Muslims believe that murdering certain types of people is "good" and is worthy in the eyes of "Allah". Their "good" is different than your "good"--even though they may be far more devout than you or vice versa. Moral judgments are relative but they are much MORE subjective and relative when deprived of reason. Reason, common sense, and self interest can overcome most of the vast gulf that polarizes the relative morality of the superstitious and (let me be frank) the gullible.
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