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"Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> "BuddyThunder" <nospam@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message 
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>> rbwinn wrote:
>>> On Jul 14, 11:29 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>> On Jul 14, 8:01?am, The Loan Arranger <no...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>> Only an atheist would want all choices made for
>>>>>>> them.
>>>>>> Now there was me thinking that that was the mark of a worshipper. It
>>>>>> seems to me that atheists make their own choices, because they don't
>>>>>> have decisions ready-dictated to them.
>>>>> So you think it is a mistake to decide ahead of time not to commit
>>>>> murder, not to steal, to attend church, not to commit adultery, etc.
>>>> Why would you be so morally deficient so as to need to perform morning
>>>> affirmations in order not to kill people?
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>>>> My moral decisions are made as the occasion demands it. Seems to work 
>>>> okay.
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>>> So are you saying that for each person you encounter, you make a
>>> decision to kill or not to kill?
>>> Robert B. Winn
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>> No, I'm saying exactly the opposite. I need not make that decision at 
>> all, because I'm not filled with murderous rage.
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>> As moral decisions need to be made, I make them according to my own 
>> values.
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> Sort of yes, but not quite, IMO.
> There is a level of decision-making which is sub-conscious much of the 
> time. You probably don't realise it at the time, but when you encounter 
> someone, there is a whole routine you go through, a checklist for 
> friend/foe, fight/flee, us/them, relative dominance.  This does feed into 
> any moral decisions you make regarding that person, such as whether and 
> how much respect I accord the other person, or -- in a business setting --  
> how honest I will be in my dealings with him.

What HAVE you been reading lately, Alex?
;-)
I only say this because it kind of rings a bell with me.

-- 
Steve O
a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter)
B.A.A.W.A.
Convicted by Earthquack
Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence



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