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AN ANSWER TO D'SOUZA'S "WHERE IS ATHEISM?" QUESTION
Just regarding the 10 commandments: You wrote,
Comment Posted By Ann M On 19.04.2007 @ 11:06
"Don’t kill anyone or steal from them. Keep your hands off their spouse. Always try and tell the truth. Be good to your parents. These things can be ordered as a result of basic human decency – perhaps even instinct if the evolutionary biologists like Dawkins keep digging..."
Except, those are rules that go AGAINST instinct. They are not instinctive. Being good to your children is instintive. Lust is instinctive. Taking what you want is instinctive. Protecting oneself with lies and half-truths ala Clinton is instinctive. Just look at any group of three-year olds playing. Why would anyone say, "Play nice" if it was instinctive to do so? Think about it. Be honest...
