tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post6432497299169765696..comments2023-06-24T01:15:34.627-07:00Comments on The Skeptic Zone: im-skepticalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-27610178904873229752016-11-03T09:42:13.273-07:002016-11-03T09:42:13.273-07:00JBsptfnOctober 16, 2016 at 7:47 AM
" Moral R...JBsptfnOctober 16, 2016 at 7:47 AM<br /><br />" Moral Relativist crap (the belief that morality is what each individual wants it to be). "<br />Morality is relative, since there is no identifiable external absolute reference point for morality for each of us. <br /><br />Morality is a sensibility, an emotion, a personal sense of ought, should, ought not, should not.<br /><br />Through communication we find that most of us share a broad similarity in our personal moralities, so much so that most people suffer under the delusion that morality is somehow objective or absolute.StardustyPsychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493629973262220492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-28827751857085563962016-10-17T09:55:50.313-07:002016-10-17T09:55:50.313-07:00This post has generated some discussion in which M...This post has generated some discussion in which Mikey's followers have grossly distorted Cosmic Skeptic's intended meaning of "secular". They insist that it implies being ideologically aligned with an atheistic worldview. TFBW even goes so far as to say that I'm <i>(re)defining “secular” and “secularism” to suit [my] argument.</i> But that's exactly what TFBW is doing. Yes, I did look it up. It means not being governed by any religious authority or rules. It means being outside the auspices of the church and the clergy. In the manner that Cosmic Skeptic used it, it certainly does not imply favoring any particular worldview. He used the word in a sense that is consistent with the way we speak of governments. A secular state is one that has freedom of religion and doesn't impose any one belief system over another. This is exactly what Cosmic Skeptic means when he says he thinks that parents should be secular in raising their children. The whole point of that discussion is allowing the child to make up his own mind, not having it imposed on him. But Mikey wants to twist the truth and make it sound as if it is an authoritarian enforcement of atheistic thinking. And it appears that TBFW is trying to do the same thing. Bullshit. That isn't what Cosmic Skeptic is saying at all.im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-86735195899655713242016-10-16T11:14:07.006-07:002016-10-16T11:14:07.006-07:00OK, whatever.OK, whatever.im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-1322200298626401122016-10-16T10:50:55.887-07:002016-10-16T10:50:55.887-07:001. OK, whatever.
2. There are plenty, but I don...1. OK, whatever.<br />2. There are plenty, but I don't have time to share them.<br />3. We don't think that. We don't want to indoctrinate them with Moral Relativist crap, as I said before. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-24272639810101374302016-10-16T09:25:22.950-07:002016-10-16T09:25:22.950-07:001. That word was first used years ago by atheists ...1. That word was first used years ago by atheists to refer to themselves. That usage didn't last long. Ever since that time, it has been used exclusively as a pejorative term by Religionists.<br /><br />2. If you want to talk about my behavior, you can start by showing examples. But this article wasn't about me.<br /><br />3. The whole point is that Cosmic Skeptic is talking about NOT indoctrinating children with ideological crap. You and Mikey both seem to think that if you don't teach your child religious beliefs, then you must be teaching anti-religion. Not true. Teaching him to think logically without the ideological baggage is sufficient.<br />im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-73235480469338430882016-10-16T07:47:35.291-07:002016-10-16T07:47:35.291-07:001. Isn't "Gnu" Atheist a term that w...1. Isn't "Gnu" Atheist a term that was coined and promoted by atheists? You seem to talk about the term in a negative light like it was put upon you by Christians. <br /><br />2. It's funny how you commend him for not being snarky or not using ridicule. With the way I have seen you act in the past on various message boards, maybe you can learn a lot from him. <br /><br />3. From reading that again, I think that Mikey doesn't want his kid to be indoctrinated with Moral Relativist crap (the belief that morality is what each individual wants it to be). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com