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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, I see. The book doesn't mean anything. Morality comes from the universe? Is there any way to decipher what is human nature, moral codes of an evolving people and what is being magically given to us by a deity? I thought that's what the book was for.... it seems as though we are going in circles and no one has answered my question.

And, didn't Thomas Aquinas get his info from [size=18]THE BIBLE[/size]?[/quote]

Sigh.

No.  He did not derive his info from the bible.  He was a believer, a Christian, and he read the Bible.  But the reason for his historical greatness is his formulation of the concept of natural law ie that discovery of law is possible by reason, which is a bedrock of our political philosophy (ie, Locke and our Democratic tradition) and is referenced as a source of truth in practically every Catholic encyclical worth its salt.

If you really care, put a little bit of effort into this.  If you are just going to post comments like the above  or another "I'm still waiting", then just admit that you are not really interested in the answer to the question of whether it is possible to have an objective morality outside of God.  You aren't trying.  [/quote]

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