> Quick question, how do you know what's right and what's wrong?
So, wait a minute, you've got no idea what's right or wrong -
and you're incapable deriving and figuring it out on your own?
Thus, without delegating your thinking to somebody else or some book telling you what to do - you'd have no clue what's good and what's bad?
Imagine if instead of The Bible you happened to run upon a different book that says different things, like how killing the nonbelievers is right and blowing yourself up along with bunch of nonbelievers will guarantee you 10 beautiful virgins in heaven.
I mean, you don't know what's right or wrong on your own right, so you'd go ahead and do it?
See - if you can't figure out whats right or wrong on your own - without somebody else telling you (and threatening noncompliance with being burned alive or being promised immortality and goodies) - you are fundamentally incapable of being a good person, if only by accident - as running onto one book over another would completely changes your perception of "right and wrong".
It's pretty crazy if you ask me!
> this conversation is getting nowhere.
This conversation is going somewhere, it's just not going where you want it to go at all. Sorry about that!
So, wait a minute, you've got no idea what's right or wrong - and you're incapable deriving and figuring it out on your own?
Thus, without delegating your thinking to somebody else or some book telling you what to do - you'd have no clue what's good and what's bad?
Imagine if instead of The Bible you happened to run upon a different book that says different things, like how killing the nonbelievers is right and blowing yourself up along with bunch of nonbelievers will guarantee you 10 beautiful virgins in heaven.
I mean, you don't know what's right or wrong on your own right, so you'd go ahead and do it?
See - if you can't figure out whats right or wrong on your own - without somebody else telling you (and threatening noncompliance with being burned alive or being promised immortality and goodies) - you are fundamentally incapable of being a good person, if only by accident - as running onto one book over another would completely changes your perception of "right and wrong".
It's pretty crazy if you ask me!
> this conversation is getting nowhere.
This conversation is going somewhere, it's just not going where you want it to go at all. Sorry about that!