[MD] The Moral Landscape

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On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:29 AM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:

> [Mark]
> Yes there would be, if "God" were the result of such rational inquiry.
>
> [Arlo]
> Then there would be little disagreement about "god", and certainly no need
> for
> wars and genocide to "spread god's message". "Churches" would be replaced
> by
> philosophical roundtables.
>
> Also, if its "rational inquiry" that guides people to a chosen "faith", why
> is
> it that nearly everyone in certain regions has their "rational inquiry"
> lead
> them to some splinter of Judeo-Christianity, nearly everyone in other
> regions
> has their "rational inquiry" lead them to Islam, nearly everyone in still
> other
> regions has their "rational inquiry" lead them to Buddhism... or
> Hinduism...
> etc. If it was "rational inquiry", wouldn't you expect to see the
> proportions
> of these spread out fairly evenly?
>

Mark:
I think you have pointed to a problem.  It is not always rational inquiry
that leads to faith.  Some people have other things to do.  My dad loved
money, I thought it was a good idea, there was nothing rational about it.
 So I started with the premise that money is good, and justified it
afterwards.



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