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Old 11-19-2007, 03:52 PM   #169
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Originally Posted by flamesfever View Post
My first inclination was to chastise him for his rudeness, but the idea of "do unto others......" was so imbedded in my psyche that I made a conscious decision to do otherwise. See, religion does moderate one's behavior.
But why is that a religious theme? Even within that question, Why should that only be considered a Christian moral?

I would personally put myself in the agnostic camp, largely because that is how I am able to reconcile everyone's varied beliefs.

Just as it annoys religious people when athiests disparage religious belief, it is just as annoying when the religious attempt to portray themselves as on the high moral ground.

back on topic, I tripped across an interesting histomap of evolution it is pretty neat. http://www.lessthanevolved.com/histo...evolution.html

EDIT: guess I should have continued reading the thread.
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