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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4768)	2/27/2003 8:08:52 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

I don't think one needs to believe in something greater than oneself to have a moral code. Doing right to others as long as they do right to you is a good survival meme, if only everybody would follow it. Saves a lot of wear and tear. Naturally, everybody else will remain savage, and untrustworthy, but you can at least feel morally superior.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4768)	2/27/2003 8:46:09 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

OT : Because the concept of "good and evil" goes back as far written history. I tend to believe it goes back further than when one learned to write/read. And BTW, I also tend to think its got nothing to do with religion. The majority of folks think that one is either "religious/following a religion" or one is an "athiest". There is a 3rd category : the "agnostic". In my life, I think of these categories of people as : - 'religious' : believes there is evidence that a supreme being/higher power/whatever exists and guides ones life. - 'athiest' : believes that there is evidence that such a thing does not exist. - 'agnostic' : believes that there is not enough evidence to say such a thing exists, and there is also not enough evidence to say it does not exist. Me : Agnostic.