Re: Any anti-abortion atheists?

On 30 Nov 2003 14:11:31 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marie A.) posted
in alt.atheism:

>Respectfully, then please tell the rest of us, Geoff, what possible
>meaning morality could have if everyone were allowed to form their own
>notions of right and wrong  alone and apart from the larger society?
>What happens, dear boy, when your neighbor decides it's just peachy
>keen to tap into your electrical meter? Oh, it's against the law? Then
>why is it against the law? Who decided that he shouldn't be able to do
>this? And on what basis was this decided?

Society decides what morality is.  It has nothing to do with any
supernatural power.  Morality is what works.  Survival of the fittest
isn't all that difficult to understand.
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ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if 
he
had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." 
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