[Phys-L] Re: [SPAM-4.611] Re: THE WEDGE STRATEGY of The ID Movement

[jmackey at HARDING.EDU (James E Mackey)]

Jack Uretsky wrote:

> Hi all-
>        James seems to make the common error that our accepted morality
> stems from a Jewish and/or Christian religious tradition.
It may be a common assumption, but its not an error!

>  I recommend
> that he familiarize himself with the moral standards relied upon by
> Aristotle in criticizing current theatrical works in his "Poetics."
>        Also, the 10 commandments, probably written down during the
> Baylonian Captivity, owe a great deal to the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi,
> which date back to earlier than 2000 bce.
After reading the code of  Hammurabi (not an easy read!) I did not find
much in it like the ten commandments. Did I miss an appendix?

>        Neither humans, nor any other social animals, owe their patterns
> of behaviour to a divinely-inspired text.
I, of course, disagree

James Mackey