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Re: Re: #364 (sentiment vs. intellect)

Aug 13, 1998 10:21 PM
by Chuck Cosimano


In a message dated 98-08-13 22:27:22 EDT, you write:

>Your statement that a conscience does no more than make a "person feel bad"
>is clearly false.

Wrong.  Conscience is something created by social conditioning for the purpose
of making the individual fit in with their society.  Other than that it serves
no purpose whatsoever.

As to the role of it in other aspects of life, I might point out the example
of a man who had no conscience about killing whatsoever and yet was a very
talented artist, a brilliant writer and attained enlightenment in a single
lifetime, the Japanese Sword Saint Musashi who killed at least 60 men in
single combat and wrote one of the best tactical manuals around.

The idea that the universe is responsive to any human value system is an
absurdity and any idea that it would actually care about individual human
behavior is laughable.

Chuck




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