Re: 100% Proof That Gods Do Not Exist
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 6:29 pm
Rhodnar: I'm an atheist, so please don't confuse me with a theist. Who says a god would have to be worthy of worship to exist? A god could exist, and this god could be completely unconcerned about people, and justice, morality, but that does not mean that logically it could not exist, because you feel it would not be deserving of worship.
Concepts of good and evil do not necessarily come from "intelligence." This is not what neurobiology and evolutionary biology are telling us. It's also not what logic tells us as one cannot assign truth values to moral statements. Without a moral sense that is biologically wired into us, it is doubtful anyone could simply use rational arguments to establish morality. Also, the fact we are evolved social primates is why we have the moral debates we do. If we were evolved reptiles, we would be having substantially different moral debates than we currently have.
Morality seems to be an outgrowth of our evolved nature, although, this does not mean that biology determines what is moral. It does, however, get us out of the starting blocks and provides the framework in which we work under regarding moral issues. Reason alone could never have done this.
Concepts of good and evil do not necessarily come from "intelligence." This is not what neurobiology and evolutionary biology are telling us. It's also not what logic tells us as one cannot assign truth values to moral statements. Without a moral sense that is biologically wired into us, it is doubtful anyone could simply use rational arguments to establish morality. Also, the fact we are evolved social primates is why we have the moral debates we do. If we were evolved reptiles, we would be having substantially different moral debates than we currently have.
Morality seems to be an outgrowth of our evolved nature, although, this does not mean that biology determines what is moral. It does, however, get us out of the starting blocks and provides the framework in which we work under regarding moral issues. Reason alone could never have done this.