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[kitt3h]

alrighty, the link below will lead you to a long conversation. if you have time, i think some of you might find it interesting and worthy of discussion. but yes, it is incredibly long, about 9 pages on word. the topic is religion, and it was started by an lj'er some of you may know, thegrimrper, who was considering christianity at the moment and asked

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[kitt3h]

yeah, that was pretty much my argument, but with more of a psychological concentration. the human brain essentially learns what parts of life are necessary for survival through conditioning; that's basically what i was touting.

for example, as was discussed, when someone saves a person's life while risking their own, it may not be because they were born with a sense of 'morality', but rather because they have become conditioned to believe that doing this 'good deed' is necessary to their survival on some level, and/or that the person they save is necessary to the same thing.

science is a good thing to back arguments up with, i think, because even though it doesn't provide all--if any--of the answers, it's something that people tend to believe in a lot more easily since it's quantifiable, and once it fails you it's usually a pretty simple task to put together some emotional reasoning. if you'd like to read more on my opinions on this particular subject, you may do so here

i don't know how familiar you are with TOK, but if you do know anything about it or--even better--have taken it before, this was my TOK essay. thanks for commenting