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Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos  I guess we need free will as an ethical placebo, along with religion.
~~ Paul |
You forgot Santa Claus!
How could anybody possible act morally unless they know that Santa Claus is watching their every move and writing down when people are being naughty and nice?
Santa Claus must be real because otherwise everyone would be raping and pillaging all the time!
The decline in moral values that we see is exactly correlated with a decline in the belief in Santa Claus.
The materialistic theory of parentism says that Christmas presents are actually given by the parents rather than Santa Claus. Parentism in my opinion stunts emotional growth.
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