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Yes, but bees have no concept of good and evil (I guess, I don't really know). Humans have this concept. Why? What originally dictated what is good and what is evil? To simply say that society dictates it speaks to the product, not the creator.

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Do you understand that good and evil are not constant - that different societies interpret them differently? So how is this compatible with one creator determing what they were?[/quote]

Actually, they are. Can you name acts that were once totally good that are now totally evil? [/quote]

Yes. Thousands. Slaughtering children to appease the rain god. Good for the Aztecs, now, not so much.[/quote]

I said totally good (meaning for all mankind), not just for "some".[/quote]

OK, so if not slaughtering babies is not "totally good", then what use is your universal morality? It is meaningless.[/quote]

I'm sorry, but I don't understand your question. [/quote]

Let me make it very simple. You said that good and evil are constant. I said that they are not. You said that I should name one thing that was totally good that is now bad. I gave an example. You said that it doesn't count, because not everyone thinks slaughtering children is good or bad. I pointed out that if your constant morality does not allow you to determine whether slaughtering children is good or bad, then it is not a very useful guide to life.

Do you understand now?[/quote]

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