Comments on: Ken Ham Confirms His Moral Bankruptcy http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2009/04/21/ken-ham-confirms-his-moral-bankruptcy/ Promoting rational thought above dogma. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:42:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Buffy http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2009/04/21/ken-ham-confirms-his-moral-bankruptcy/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Buffy Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:14:38 +0000 http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/?p=679#comment-150 If you don't matter to the Easter Bunny, you don't matter to anybody! If you don’t matter to the Easter Bunny, you don’t matter to anybody!

]]> By: Dan http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2009/04/21/ken-ham-confirms-his-moral-bankruptcy/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Dan Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:17:26 +0000 http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/?p=679#comment-149 Who decides what is good and bad now? Certainly, you can't think that the Bible provides consistent information about what is right and wrong. Perhaps the Qur'an? Perhaps the Book of Mormon? The Talmud? Dianetics? The Kojiki? The Yasna? Some behavior is legislated (murder, theft, rape, etc) by society, however general kindness and decency toward one's fellow humans is left up to the individual... and individuals get varying results from the way they treat others. Treat others with kindness and respect and you're a lot more likely to be treated that way in return. It's not rocket science and it doesn't take "divine revelation" to figure out. There is no evidence of a supernatural "Supreme Lawgiver," something that is increasingly dubious given all the religions of the world, each of which claims itself to be the only true religion. To believe that your religion has the exclusive claim to cosmic truth is narcissistic and arrogant. As for life being incredible, I am of the opinion that you have it backward. Life magically created is dull and uninteresting. Life having evolved over millions of years from a common ancestor via a wondrous, gradual process is infinitely more spectacular. Knowing that I am distantly related to everything on this planet... that we all share the same family tree... is awe-inspiring and humbling. Dismissing all the intricacies of life's development by saying "God did it" cheapens our whole existence. Thinking that we are a god's special creation is, again, narcissistic and arrogant. Who decides what is good and bad now? Certainly, you can’t think that the Bible provides consistent information about what is right and wrong. Perhaps the Qur’an? Perhaps the Book of Mormon? The Talmud? Dianetics? The Kojiki? The Yasna?

Some behavior is legislated (murder, theft, rape, etc) by society, however general kindness and decency toward one’s fellow humans is left up to the individual… and individuals get varying results from the way they treat others. Treat others with kindness and respect and you’re a lot more likely to be treated that way in return. It’s not rocket science and it doesn’t take “divine revelation” to figure out.

There is no evidence of a supernatural “Supreme Lawgiver,” something that is increasingly dubious given all the religions of the world, each of which claims itself to be the only true religion. To believe that your religion has the exclusive claim to cosmic truth is narcissistic and arrogant.

As for life being incredible, I am of the opinion that you have it backward. Life magically created is dull and uninteresting. Life having evolved over millions of years from a common ancestor via a wondrous, gradual process is infinitely more spectacular. Knowing that I am distantly related to everything on this planet… that we all share the same family tree… is awe-inspiring and humbling. Dismissing all the intricacies of life’s development by saying “God did it” cheapens our whole existence. Thinking that we are a god’s special creation is, again, narcissistic and arrogant.

]]> By: Steve http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2009/04/21/ken-ham-confirms-his-moral-bankruptcy/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Steve Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:20:49 +0000 http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/?p=679#comment-147 Once again,you and your ilk have missed the entire point! Life is made more incredible by the fact we were created...not evolved. By the way,if there was no Creator and Supreme Lawgiver,who would decide what is good and what is bad? You,me,a committee,a government and what if someone else decided that their own actions were good even if you or I thought it was evil? Should they be punished for believing they were right? Once again,you and your ilk have missed the entire point! Life is made more incredible by the fact we were created…not evolved.
By the way,if there was no Creator and Supreme Lawgiver,who would decide what is good and what is bad? You,me,a committee,a government and what if someone else decided that their own actions were good even if you or I thought it was evil? Should they be punished for believing they were right?

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