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Originally posted by Teal
That culture can influence moral behavior/ideology is not in dispute. That culture defines morality is. This shows influence, granted, but does not establish that morality is necessarily defined by culture. Anyone can claim the sun is blue. A culture could ...

Okay, there are a couple problems here. I’ve already refuted a couple of these points and concede on a lot of the rest - but it doesn’t matter because the things I agree with don’t prove your argument. So, a quick recap and then I’ll tackle it point by point:

My thesis is that the idea that numerous, diverse cultures all coming to the exact same conclusion is irrational. If culture is a major defining factor of morality then we should see at least a few outliers coming to the conclusion ...

Chris and I are debating. His blog has his treatise - I'm shoving this here so I can find it!

His blog: http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/en...against-murder



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I saw an interesting segment on Fox last night. Stossel did a show on how some of the things we 'know' prove to be untrue. He interviewed a psychiatrist who had written a book about dishonesty (the thesis being that everyone is to some extent - I can think of another Book that made the same claim 2000+ years ago... ).

One of the experiments they tried was to pay people per math problem solved. The grader would return the paper which the person was then to shred (trick shredder ...

Which I would have titled 'The Correct Application or Probability to Evidentiary Assessment - stupid character limits...

Interrupting our previously scheduled program because I found a new shiny to play with for the moment - yes, I'm easily distracted, why do you ask?

Anywho, blame Leo for getting me on this topic last night in the SB.

So, we were discussing a Chesterton quote which he's read but couldn't find and I've only heard his paraphrase ...