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Thank you, that was all I really wanted. I appreciate you humoring me and providing an example. This raises a different avenue of discussion: given the subjectivity of moral systems, are we left without any way to assess if we'd truly be better off without religion? Does our inability to...

I think the answer to that is pretty simple: there is a constant swing in support from one party to another as people see (or at least think they see based on what the media is telling them) our country doing poorly. Regardless of uncontrollable factors, people are going to blame the person in...

Oddly enough, I'm not afraid of becoming blind, as I love radio dramas, and it would just give me an excuse to get more into them/start making them myself. That said, there's a couple videogames out there designed for the blind (which you ought to check out in general), and I would love if...

This post is intended to be a living review of FF13, tracking my views of it and the various contents (in particular: Plot, Characters, Setting, Music, and Gameplay) as I play through the game. I'll be talking about it in a highly critical (not complaining, but analyzing in depth) fashion as I...

I'm saying that your challenge is inadequate. If you're unable to present a situation where an action that causes harm/reduces health is more moral than alternatives, then your challenge is pointless. I'm proposing that health should be a primary in a moral system, you have stated "The...

I'm afraid I don't see how that's a good analogy for moral systems. Or relevant to what I said... See, I'll break it down nice and simple for you: I'm implying that health should be a primary feature in a moral system. Whether or not I hold this view in reality is irrelevant; I'm challenging...

If you need, I could possibly find some primary school resources that explain the difference between implying and stating directly. More to the point, though, if you were not actually implying that morality is irrelevant to health in your moral code, as I gathered from your statement "The...

Harlequin By what standard? A moral system that discourages health seems like a problematic system to me. Maybe I'm mistaken, though. Maybe harming health is a good thing, morally speaking. What leads you to this conclusion? Actually, I thought the things he was saying were very relevant...

Scientist could mean those things, but it does not ALWAYS mean those things. Using the term scientist to describe an archaeologist IS ALWAYS accurate. There's a difference between clarifying and contradicting. This doesn't make any sense. Archaeology is a science, so they DID go to school to...

Actually, I'd say my logic was pretty solid. You said "They didn't go to university to study science, they studied archaeology." and "They're not scientists." First off, scientist is defined as "an expert in science, especially one of the physical or natural sciences." By that definition (the...

Do you know what science is? Or what archeology is? I think you might be a bit confused. Are you implying that anthropologists aren't scientists? They never made that assumption. What article did you read? The article I read from the provided link made it clear that he COULD be a homosexual...

Presenting Creationism with a different name does not make it something different. It is still myth, not science, and trying to study myth with science or as if it is science doesn't magically give it a free changeover to the realm of science. First off, trying to present religion as something...

How does it matter how I feel? I specifically put up questions so that conversation could start regardless. If it's immune to analysis, I don't see much point to it. If it's all arbitrary and follows no rules, it seems useless to me. Your example (greek vs. monotheism) is actually a great...

Jesus, really? I can certainly see Satan, since he's been beefed up more and more over time. Even the Holy Ghost makes sense, with biblical verses like "there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost." I just dunno about Jesus in that pantheon, though. He...

For some reason, monotheism has taken over a large amount of the world, and polytheism has shrank a lot since the olden times. There's a lot of ways to look at the two in relation to each other, and I find it a little odd that we don't have a thread in here to talk about it. So, why don't we fix...

I think how the whole sacrifice thing would be viewed depends on the reality of the situation. Basically, I see four different ways it could play out: 1) A Magical Reality - built-in mechanisms in reality actually conduct the power from prayer/sacrifice to the god(s). 2) Mind Over Matter...

Don't say things, show them. You can say that all you want, but it doesn't make it true. I say, if it proposes how reality formed, it contains a religious myth and is therefor a religion. You have to show that to not be the case, and not just claim "not a religion, it is philosophy" with no...

Interesting statistic, but do you have and actual support for it? Do you actually have any statistical information on what prayer is devoted to? I'd be interested in seeing it, and it would bring a lot to this thread. I'm not so sure about that. The greek gods, for example, don't really seem...

If it helps, I read your post. I was actually so pleased with the quote you had in it that I printed it out so I could have a hard copy on me. I never knew that, and I'm sad that I didn't. Thank you so much for putting it up. If you're referring to the person I think you are, don't be mad, it...

Actually, this brings out a question that's directly relevant to the OP's questions (since how the "Divine" feels about our actions is asked): How would the Divine (should it exist) feel about you using your energies on prayer instead of actually making a difference? Going from what I know...