tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609541124817386376.post3995436654897833698..comments2023-12-03T03:00:17.598-06:00Comments on Atheism & Philosophy: "If God is dead, then everything is permitted"Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609541124817386376.post-19893884468562454772012-02-15T18:13:27.872-06:002012-02-15T18:13:27.872-06:00Heinlen would take exception to the incest taboo, ...Heinlen would take exception to the incest taboo, but he was a big proponent of consensual behavior being sacrosanct.Super Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232031019529024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609541124817386376.post-48702022527984331552012-02-15T18:11:56.297-06:002012-02-15T18:11:56.297-06:00The Mr. Deity link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...The Mr. Deity link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ksa5FNQLrAPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609541124817386376.post-41516820794071146202012-02-15T18:09:20.201-06:002012-02-15T18:09:20.201-06:00Charitably to interpret Dostoevsky, he must have ...Charitably to interpret Dostoevsky, he must have meant that if God doesn't exist (and "God" can be taken to mean any conclusive, authoritative, unquestioned disposition of value), then everything in permitted until or unless humans agree that it is not. Further, he may have assumed that humans would never agree.<br /><br />But we pretty much have agreed on the broad framework of morals, haven't we? The golden rule has been in, pretty much everywhere and always; murder and incest are out. We've worked it out for ourselves, we've created laws and punishments. We just can't lower the ultimate boom (or boon) of eternal torment or reward. That hasn't seemed to have much of a deterrent effect anyway.<br /><br />Speaking of the father and the son, have you seen the latest Mr. Deity? <br /><br />https://www.google.com/url?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D7Ksa5FNQLrA&rct=j&sa=X&ei=Ekk8T-bvFsSftwewk5yBCw&ved=0CDkQuAIwAA&q=mr.+deity+and+the+quitter&usg=AFQjCNFAtqfJ9oWuj1A9bCFA-HAklMoJmgPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.com