Pat Robertson dead at 93.

[Christine]

How can someone be born with morals? Morals are, for lack of a better description, a social construct. You can get these morals from religion, social interactions, or both. Most people will get them from the latter as religious and social norms are intertwined into most cultures.

Morals and religions beliefs are frankly not always synonymous. There are some fundamental religions beliefs I personally find amoral. A lot of evil has been done in the name of just about every religion.

Some who study ancient civilations and current primate situations would disagree with you. There is a belief (and note I'm saying belief) based on studies that some sort of evolutionary behavioral patterns have developed to prolong survival and they involve having a sense of what is right and wrong in both human and primate development. Of course, you are free to disagree with that but there's definitely evidence in the primate community and earlier societies that existed before organized religion. Humans can be born with all sorts of behavior that's hard wired in (fear, temperament are examples). Of course, social interactions enhance and magnify (or reduce) what's already there.

 

[GAN]

Some who study ancient civilations and current primate situations would disagree with you. There is a belief (and note I'm saying belief) based on studies that some sort of evolutionary behavioral patterns have developed to prolong survival and they involve having a sense of what is right and wrong in both human and primate development. Of course, you are free to disagree with that but there's definitely evidence in the primate community and earlier societies that existed before organized religion. Humans can be born with all sorts of behavior that's hard wired in (fear, temperament are examples). Of course, social interactions enhance and magnify (or reduce) what's already there.

I'd absolutely agree....

 

[gmi3804]

Any living thing worships the entity that provides us food, life. That's why we worship an unseen being. And why dogs love US so much.

 

[dizneegirl]

Any living thing worships the entity that provides us food, life.

I work hard to provide myself with food, shelter, the life I have. I certainly worship no entity. Nor person.

I don't think my cat worships me for providing her food and a comfortable life, either... some days I think she does tolerate me for it, though.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Skimmed this thread and for a minute I was confused about whether I was on my /r/Christianity subreddit tab.

 

[Kaleidodad]

It’s less then .25% of the population that watches cable news. It’s actually less than 200k in the key demos. If you’re watching it then actually you’re part of the insignificant portion of the population that watches it . Numbers don’t lie. People are tuning out.

Why are you limiting this to just cable news? The post you responded to said "mainstream news," which generally does not include most cable news networks, and certainly doesn't include any "political opinion/entertainment pretending to be news."
Last week, ABC News averaged 7M+ viewers per night, NBC averaged 6M+, CBS averaged 4.5M+: cable channel viewership is peanuts compared to those totals.
Mainstream media is still real news by people reporting on actual journalism: "cable news" is typically not that.

 

[Atlas722]

Amazing business man. Lived an accomplished life.

They said that about Charles Keating (Lincoln Savings & Loan) and Ken Lay (Enron).