Does this tell us even in the absence of the Holy books, humans are capable of knowing the truth because of the same force that drives the species to love and care?
Note: The message carries by the Holy books are also about love and peace.
2006-09-24 01:09:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Cooperation, altruism and love are innate properties of human existence... a more sophisticated version of the social organization that you can see among pods of dolphins or orcas, packs of wolves, lion prides and troops of chimpanzees. Moral consensus, moral conscience and mutual empathy are evolved survival traits. These are social constructs... the social lubrication that allows people to exist together. People come away with the misconception that they don't exist, absent religion. The religious puppet masters try to perpetuate that idea, in order to protect their conduits to wealth and power... but that is a canard. This has to do, entirely, with human nature.
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"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." ~ Steven Weinberg
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Richard Dawkins - The Root of All Evil Part 2.1 (moral behavior)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mGLPViVW5ms
Richard Dawkins - The Root of All Evil Part 2.6 (evolution basis for morality)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mGLPViVW5ms&mode=related&search=
2006-09-24 01:13:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Force!
2006-09-24 08:10:48 · answer #2 · answered by jewingengleman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called empathy. It's an evolutionary step that too many haven't reached yet.
2006-09-24 08:34:32 · answer #3 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Note: Satan?
2006-09-24 08:11:00 · answer #4 · answered by neshama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋