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  • Gondwanaland
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    Originally posted by seer View Post

    Then if God revealed his law to man then that too would be a part of reality.
    If you could prove your God exists, that he revealed such a law to man (I sure hope you're not referring to the jumble of contradictory nonsense in the Bible), and that he is moral himself, then we might be able to go down such a line of reasoning. But you, and every other theist, has failed to do so.

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  • seer
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    Originally posted by Gondwanaland View Post
    the capability to reason, and understand empsthy, etc..
    But the murderous Maoists also used reason to implement social cohesion, and did it rather successfully. So reason itself does not tell us what is moral or not.

    Thus why reason is important.
    Given what I just said, reason is a non-starter.

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  • seer
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    Originally posted by Gondwanaland View Post

    When we invent laws they are part of reality in such that they are human constructs, yes.
    Then if God revealed his law to man then that too would be a part of reality.

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  • Gondwanaland
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    Originally posted by seer View Post

    Whose reason?
    the capability to reason, and understand empsthy, etc..

    And biology? What does that mean? Our biology leads to some very cruel things.
    Thus why reason is important.

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  • Gondwanaland
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    Originally posted by seer View Post

    In asking in what sense are they a part of reality. In other words - when we invent laws are they then a part of reality?
    When we invent laws they are part of reality in such that they are human constructs, yes.

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