[86] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: LIVING WAGE SIT-IN AT HARVARD (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher D. Beland)
Fri Apr 20 08:50:56 2001
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To: "Josiah D. Seale" <jdseale@MIT.EDU>
cc: mit-talk@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: The events that comprise the history of the universe.
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 08:50:19 -0400
From: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>
> Without a higher being, there is no reason to follow morals beyond
> your own convenience.
Of course, given the wide diversity of things (good, bad, and ugly)
that have been done by the planet's varied and sundry monotheistic
religions in the name of God, and given the vast differences in
morality proscribed by these various faiths, it seems that the same
holds true even when one does believe in a higher being.
And there are certainly religious (though not all monotheistic) which
espouse philosophies closer to Sourav's than Zhe's.
> Why should I "do unto" anyone else what I would want them to "do
> unto me"?
Well, I'm an agnostic atheist, and I think it's a good idea. What
goes around comes around, as they say. Besides, compassion is an
emotion which all (non-pathological) humans are capable of and
predisposed to feeling; unfortunately, many people still see many of
their fellow humans as enemies to fight rather than friends to love.
-B.
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