Yup, I'm all to aware of that, my background being science and all that :D It's a beautifully simple yet effective method.
You're not implying that morals are born from religion though, are you? Granted the basis for some morals owe their existance due to religion, but one does not have to be religious to have morals. In fact in order to be on this planet today, a social animal such as ourselves has to have a basic sense of morality in order to survive. You can see this basic sense of morality displayed in just about any social animal from wolves to pirahnas.
Yup, I'm all to aware of that, my background being science and all that :D It's a beautifully simple yet effective method.
You're not implying that morals are born from religion though, are you? Granted the basis for some morals owe their existance due to religion, but one does not have to be religious to have morals. In fact in order to be on this planet today, a social animal such as ourselves has to have a basic sense of morality in order to survive. You can see this basic sense of morality displayed in just about any social animal from wolves to pirahnas.