[PLUG-TALK] Religion is not bad...

David Mandel dmandel at davidmandel.com
Sat Oct 31 09:36:52 UTC 2009


I tend to agree with Michael on this.

I have read various humanist writings and find a lot of good in them;
but I simply
do not understand anyway to justify the existence of human rights or
even ethics
without the existence of a god of some sort - be it the Creator or Yahweh or
some other god.

David Mandel

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:04 PM,  Robinson <plug_1 at robinson-west.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 10:48 -0700, Michael Moore wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Michael Robinson
>> <plug_1 at robinson-west.com> wrote:
>>
>> > There is no atheistic foundation for human rights.
>>
>> http://www.secularhumanism.org/
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism
>
> I stand by my statement that there is no atheistic foundation for human
> rights.  Humanity created by God in God's image for God has no purpose
> and no value without God.  Without Man's God given value, murder becomes
> okay.  It becomes okay to abuse drugs which weaken one's health and
> compromise one's judgement.  The culture of death is pushed by atheists,
> a culture that has the potential to wipe out humanity if it ever takes
> hold fully.  Already, Christians choosing not to have children has
> shifted the balance of power in the world.  God will rectify the
> situation, it is merely a question of when?
>
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