Re: [asa] morals/ethics (was: Francis Collins shows mild signs of dementia, NA snark)

Sorry. I acted hastily.

jb

On 10/21/09, Dehler, Bernie <bernie.dehler@intel.com> wrote:
> John Burgeson wrote:
>
> Bernie wrote: "Christians will....
>
> FYI: No- I didn't write that quote that you attribute to me. Someone else
> wrote it.
>
> ...Bernie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
> Behalf Of John Burgeson (ASA member)
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:47 AM
> To: David Clounch
> Cc: asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: Re: [asa] morals/ethics (was: Francis Collins shows mild signs of
> dementia, NA snark)
>
> Bernie wrote: "Christians will assert Atheists and Christians are
> both human, both have free will, both have complex inner blends of
> good and evil, and both must look to external sources of morality if
> they want to do good rather than evil. Most atheists and
> materialists will deny this assertion.
>
> Please note the cultural left will also deny this assertion. That
> doesn't mean cultural leftists are atheists or materalists, but it
> does mean they will defend roughly the same set of principles. "
>
> As one who generally thinks himself to be on the "cultural left," and
> one who definitely defends that set of princples, I am interested in
> the source for your puzzling claim. It might be true of some, of
> course, but it does not fit those of my acquaintance.
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