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Originally Posted by RasRuben
My intention was not to negate the purpose of anything, just to say that it's purpose to me is only to get a laugh, beyond that, it's moot (due to the way in which I would answer those questions I posed, morality is directly linked to how I would answer those questions). It was only an opinion.
As for my first paragraph, Plato's intention was often to negate the beliefs of creationists (and the necessity of male female relationships) which is why I said what I said. Plus I can't stand anything the man wrote, I'm with Plato's teachers on this one, his is the philosophy of children.
Good luck with your thread, it'll be interesting to watch further responses.
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Plato had Euthyphro arguing with Socrates and that discussion was as you said.
However this adapted version (changed and out of original context) is simply as the thread title suggests. To argue a case for morality which excludes God. The question normally put to atheists such as myself is "why have morality if you do not believe in a God". This is merely a small extract to serve the purpose outlined in the title and answer such a question in an admitedly amusing way.
Again (last time) my intent was not to cause creationists to question anything about their
own beliefs, merely their assumptions surrounding mine.
PS am not
that big a fan of the dude either, too verbose.