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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]What governs how I live my life? I don't need any external governance ... I have an internal understanding of right and wrong. Almost everybody does. [/quote]

New poster. Not being snarky- where do you think that internal understanding comes from? I am far, far, far from the conservative Christian Right. But I have come to believe that we were provided this moral compass by a creator. It is when we act outside this internal sence of conscience that conflict occurs. [/quote]

This is clearly not correct. Religion can and has justify many different behaviors, and there is no universal moral compass to be derived from belief in a sky-god or whatever. Some societies can decide it is OK to enslave or kill others who are different, for example. Christianity co-existed happily with slavery for almost two thousand years.

It is the enlightenment, the prioritizing of reason over faith, the turning away from religion as the sole guiding force, that can lead to truly international and cross-cultural standards, laws, and morals such as can allow different groups to co-exist happily.

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