[Vision2020] Re: Evolution and cruelty

[Ralph Nielsen]

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> From: Robert Dickow <dickow@uidaho.edu>
> Date: Wed Sep 24, 2003  10:40:31 AM US/Pacific
> To: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Evolution and cruelty
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> David,
>     Without recounting the entire Platonic argument, remember
> that it is quite possible to lead a moral life without a belief in
> God. This derives from the concept that God Himself follows
> a moral system that--from one point of view-- is actually 'above'
> God himself. Even God obeys these moral principles. God
> would never command us to go through life killing innocent
> children for the fun and sport of it, for example. Why?
> Because it would be morally WRONG to do so. Ergo, a
> principle of moral behavior is essentially the external
> force guiding God's Will in this example, in short.
>     For more on Plato... see 'Plato'.
>
RALPH
Fair Babylon, you predator,
a blessing on him who repays you in kind
what you have inflicted on us;
a blessing on him who seizes your babies
and dashes them against the rocks!
	Psalm 137:8-9 JPS