Showing posts with label Haidt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haidt. Show all posts

Monday, June 14, 2010

We're all going to fry like Twinkies unless we repent


The split between the Christian left and the Christian right could be, in part, that some people see tolerance and acceptance as part of their nobler selves; others feel that they can best honor God by working to change society and its laws to conform to the ethic of divinity, even if that means imposing religious laws on people of other faiths – Jonathan Haidt

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

definition of God


The problem of evil has bedeviled many religions since their birth. If God is all good and all powerful, either he allows evil to flourish (which means he is not all good), or else he struggles against evil (which means he is not all powerful). – Jonathan Haidt




Sunday, January 24, 2010

Good and evil

Good and evil do not exist outside of our beliefs about them. – Jonathan Haidt