tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post3661998243082049540..comments2023-10-16T10:40:19.559+00:00Comments on An Ayrshire Blog: Does Morality come from religion or nature?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-57576987330639151452009-02-17T02:24:00.000+00:002009-02-17T02:24:00.000+00:00Let's say for a moment God doesn't exist, Let's fo...Let's say for a moment God doesn't exist, Let's for argument sake say that, God is infact 100% false and religion is completly made up by over zelous fanatics since the brink of written history. Let's for a moment assume that severel groups of people sat down and engineered every single tidbit of religion based on there beleife in the existance of a real God... Now jump to present time, did Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-31374886996466526902009-02-14T11:35:00.000+00:002009-02-14T11:35:00.000+00:00"....all the way back to God...."Your logic breaks..."....all the way back to God...."<BR/><BR/>Your logic breaks down at that point as far as I am concerned my anonymous friend.<BR/><BR/>There is no necessity to take that further step because everything else that you write about can simply be seen as a set of human cultural constructs laid on top of the gift that our evolutionary inheritance gave us; a tendency to have altruistic and co-operative Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-85194231952821077072009-02-13T23:22:00.000+00:002009-02-13T23:22:00.000+00:00I will try to explain this in a way that does not ...I will try to explain this in a way that does not sound demeaning. Some people have said or believe that todays current morals originate from religion. <BR/><BR/>A few examples of morality that coincide with modern law, are not to kill not to fight, don't steal, blah blah blah, this is as obvious as it gets. These are a direct occurance in our society thanks to religion, the codes of hamurabi or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-5894582069626586032009-02-13T19:01:00.000+00:002009-02-13T19:01:00.000+00:00Your right she has a very strange spoky smile.Your right she has a very strange spoky smile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-12091917539881375732009-02-13T18:59:00.000+00:002009-02-13T18:59:00.000+00:00I don't think anyone would argue that morality in ...I don't think anyone would argue that morality in it's totality arises from evolution. The problem you raise is a fair one.<BR/><BR/>Dawkins and others have set out quite a detailed account of how altruism can be beneficial in an evolutionary sense. However even Dawkins would acknowledge that in human societies we have a form of evolution which is beyond DNA. That is cultural evolution which Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-29118121426782533122009-02-13T18:26:00.000+00:002009-02-13T18:26:00.000+00:00The woman's smile is scary!The problem I have with...The woman's smile is scary!<BR/><BR/>The problem I have with the morality as a product of evolution explanation is that it is completely counter to my experience: Survival of the fittest rewards the amoral and the slackers. I have numerous times witnessed those who are disciplined, gentle and honorable trampled by slackers who thrive on mendacity and duplicity. The worst is when these types Looneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801436449971512320noreply@blogger.com