On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 23:08:19 +0100, andrel wrote:

> I think I said it before here, I am a true and religious atheist. After
> long and hard thinking about ethics I came to the conclusion that theism
> can not form a foundation for an ethics*. Basically because, unless you
> are the prophet, you have to rely on other people (i.e. prophets and
> disciples) to tell you what is right and wrong. There is no way you can
> check whether the prophet gives the right interpretation and it is clear
> that different prophets have taken opposite positions as to what the
> same god meant.

That's a very interesting argument.  I like it.

Jim



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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