On Wed, 10 May 2017 17:46:23 +0100 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@lkcl.net wrote:
now that i think about it, i believe i heard of something about 20 years ago called the humanist society (or something like that). apparently they live their lives according to a really quite [humane]
... [humane] ...
Another wordplay Luke? I can see two levels of p(h)un. :)
wonderful "code"... just without the bits about "god" attached.
so i'd say definitively yes, you can... it's just that you'd have to choose to do so, and that can be really tough, to research, assess and then make the decision to adhere to a particular code. it means making changes in your life which might cost you friends, your job (because the company asks you to do something that is against your newly-chosen "code")...
now, what wasn't clear in your question was whether you were asking about the *internal dialogue* that one might have with oneself to replicate the same *effects* as "belief in code" or whether you could have meant specifically the *external appearance* i.e. the improvements in *other people's* lives that your new [atheist but humane] "code" has.
For me as a christian the very essence of my faith is my relationship with God. It's like having a parent that you'd trust with your life and a friend that you hang out with all the time and share *everything* with and so much more I can't describe. Trying to replace that with a sense of moral obligation towards your fellow human beings (which in itself is a good thing) is, well, futile. That's the way I see it.
very cool question, hendrik.
l.
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