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Originally Posted by AidanMatthews216  You don't think that gravitation, relativity, quantum mechanics, natural selection are all explanations of "why" things happen as they do? | No. They all explain "how." "Why" involves detaching ourselves from our scientific understanding and coming to a judgement of the nature of that which we now understand the workings of. Quote: |
As for the moral compass, why should you need to believe in a higher power in order to have morals? Morality comes from an individual--everyone creates their own values independently, which are unique to themselves. There are many ways to do this other than appealing to an imagined higher intelligence.
| I never claimed that a higher power was necessary for morals (that's another debate). I merely claimed that such belief came about to explain why things are as they appear to be and to differentiate between right and wrong.
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Last edited by Matthew Shea; 06-05-2007 at 09:31 PM.
Reason: Clarification.
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