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To: Neocon who wrote (78453)	4/19/2000 7:50:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 108807

morality is the source of religion, not the other way around. I agree. When St. Paul spoke of the law written on the heart of the Gentiles, he was making a distinction between morality and cultic regimen, but it was a distinction late in coming, and not immediately evident to many of our ancestors. It is still not entirely evident to many people. We don't have to look very far back in history to find people who were impeccably moral in their dealings with their own societies, but absolute barbarians in dealing with "others". Morality is what is left once one makes a distinction between practices special to the tribe and common to men The notion that moral laws apply outside our own social groupings is a very recent one that has still not caught on in many sectors: there are still many who believe that our relations with other nations should be conducted purely on the basis of self-interest and expedience. it remains a question of fulfilling the larger purposes of our humanity........ Beyond the biological imperative of survival, I'm not sure we have any larger purpose, aside from the purposes we choose for ourselves.