Doe it really matter if God exists or not...?

[o_O.Q]

Nem said:

o_O.Q said:

 

"Both are chemical hormonic processes, might even be the same one.

They compel you to protect the weak and the young and coopertation in society to increase survival."

 

wrong

if a you pat a bear cub on its head and its mother seeks you out and mauls the crap out of you

the bear is doing that out of feelings of empathy for its kin... are you now starting to understand the problem?

 

or a better example since you'll say a bear is a stupid animal is as i've stated in this thread before

if 300 innocent civilians are killed in syria to kill 1 terrorist no one bats an eye

but let 10 people get killed from a terrorist in a wastern country and everyone loses their minds

Wow... you went places with that post.

Wrong? No.

Bear protects it's cub as you protect yours. Babies release a type of pheromones, especially if they cry. Quite honestly, i never looked up the process in detail. Anyways these pheromones are what makes you think they are cute and wanting to protect them, even if they aren't yours. There is more to it, but this should be enough for you to understand. I would need to open a medicine book or ask a specialist to know in more detail. These are hormonal processes and it's not usually something that is thought in general learning. It's university level stuff.

Like... this is all lack of investigation you know... we are animals aswell. We are just smarter than the others. 

 

I don't understand your point. Is this maybe cause the event's are better publicised? Because you feel more for those you feel are part of your tribe as they influence you more directly? How is any of this weird? 

 

the point i'm making is that empathy is not something that applies across the board

 

meaning that we are selective subconsciously (and consciously) about who or what we are empathetic towards... which means that its misguided to use empathy as some form of measure for morality

 

here's another example, lets say i'm poor and i have a sick wife i have to provide for and i stab and rob an innocent person in order to provide for her... in that situation i'm being preferential towards my kin over someone outside of my preferred social grouping

 

this is very easy to understand, i honestly don't see why you don't get it... the empathy argument really does not work for morality