RicOlie_2 said:

@ Ryan

Religious texts? Who said anything about those? What I am asking is how you can be so sure that using empathy and your brain are the way to discern good from evil? What about acting on what would help society survive the longest and be most productive? Why do you think that that is not a legitimate way to determine the difference between right and wrong?

You tell me?

(However for myself, I am sure that murdering half the planet to make life for the other half better is wrong because I'd feel empathy for the other half).

The point I was making about Religious texts is that they don't have the answers for every issue (Right or wrong) yet I'm sure you yourself can (And do) make your own mind up on those things anyway. So why not do that with everything?