Bill Roh
RIGHTSBOY@aol.com wrote:
> 'The (traditional) Church' teaches us that 'morality' exists in the world
> outside of us, as some attribute of nature that was created and put in place
> by 'God The Father', whose Will the Church declares itself The Instrument of.
> And of course, we mustn't dare question the declarations of The Instrument of
> the Will of God. (Ingenious logic, huh.)
>
> But, of course, our various 'morality' codes, both explicitly stated and
> implied, are human 'reaction programs' that are transmitted to us
> (incorporated into our neuro-circuitry reaction-logic configuration)
> 'culturally' -- by our observations (experiences) of other's behaviors, and
> of their reactions to our personal behavior -- and 'enforced' by our fear of
> others' reactions to our personal behavior if we 'violate' such behavior
> codes, we being a socially symbiotic species, and utterly dependant upon each
> others' good graces for our individual survival.
>
> Of course (and here's my plug), the Bill of Rights is a standard
> ('Constitutional') 'morality code' reaction program which is designed so that
> we don't have to live our lives in fear of each others' otherwise arbitrary
> 'morality' reaction programs, and the reactions to our personal behavior (or
> skin color, etc.) that such arbitrary codes may direct in others.
>
> Let me know if you like that logic, 'cause I love it! :)
> Chris Turner 10-22-98