Posted: Nov 25, 2016 2:24 am
Calilasseia wrote:The sort of people who actually need to feel they're being watched, in order to behave in something resembling a decent and humane manner toward others, are the reason we invented police. Though of course said invention immediately brought us into head on collision with the conundrum of quis custodiet ipsos custodies?.
Quite simply, those who claim that we need an invisible magic man in order to behave ourselves, are the very people I would suggest be kept a very long way away from even modest levels of power and responsibility. We are not lacking in precedents, with respect to the manner in which past individuals of this ilk visited all sorts of horrors on their fellows.
We? ;)
Moral is what we do when not watched. Who would agree with this?
The said need, of some people, for imaginary man diminishes when such man becomes less imaginary and more real, for example with presence of police or security cameras or FUA and moderators.
The question is not whether some people lack modest level of power and responsibility, the question is whether some people need God to achieve the same results as people who have power and responsibility. In other words, its not about what we want it to be but what it is. Its about realities.
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Who is your God?
Babblemathra
And what does he say?
Nothing.
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