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Topic: Do We Need Religion to Answer Moral Questions?

Watch Sam Harris. His talk is provacative and fascinating. It's about 20 minutes.

http://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_sci … right.html

What do you think?

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  • Registered: 2009-11-03
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Re: Do We Need Religion to Answer Moral Questions?

It seems obvious to me, and always has, that a well informed, honest empathy is many times more likely to result in a good moral decision than all the supernatural, dogmatic advice in the world.

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  • chovy
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Re: Do We Need Religion to Answer Moral Questions?

agreed. I suppose if one didn't know any better with respect to morality, then religion could help them find it.

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