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DoomUK said:
I'm sorry to say that Vordakk has a point. Humans love to think of themselves as special and superior to the rest of the animal kingdom and natural world as a whole by adhering to complex systems of ethics. Whether we're smart enough to think up grandiose philosophies by ourselves or just do what we're told to do that's written in some book, it makes no difference. We're just intellectually-advanced ape-like creatures whose time will eventually come to an end, and we play by certain rules because that's what we believe to be the right thing to do. What's always amusing to me is that committed atheists subscribe to this exclusively, discrediting any alternative explanations for the meaning of life as religious bullshit, but get all uppity when someone calls them out on it.
that's a busload of horse manure. there's nothing complex or artificial about most of the valid and pertinent moral values, they're usually very rational and important rules for the development and well-being of a society. most of the commandments in the holy books helped to establish order in primitive societies in the particular places of origin. seriously, how the hell is "you shall not steal" complex? how is it even religious/god-given? it's a moral imperative for living along other people peacefully. the mindless horde of jews rampaging through the middle east needed a burning bush telling them to accept the simplest of rules? good for them that it worked, but don't pretend (a) god really bestowed all that wisdom on us. the jews just copied whatever the other, older, wiser civilizations around them used for a moral code. the christians just kinda improved the jewish rules. you cannot lock the socio-evolutionary process down, because it's quite obvious the bible doesn't describe the optimal set of rules (so god was wrong). or do you need to, i dunno, crucify richard dawkins first to recognize the similar pattern?
anyways. fast, clean and respectful disposing of human corpses is in line with the simple, obvious moral core present in any society ever. the rational reasons are painfully obvious - you don't want cannibalism, spreading of diseases and blood feuds. the first two are not very pertinent in the modern age, but pissing off people just to take vengeance on a dead body? how petty and retarded do you have to be to do that? all the other ritualistic bells and whistles added by islam weren't observed, so you can't even say the u.s. military gave in to something.
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