The Young Turks University Crew Discussion Religion in College

Very civil and balanced discussion, which was nice to
see.  But even better were the
subtitles.  Ecclesiastes = crazy ass
tease.  Nice. 🙂 

I don’t really understand, what do you mean?  Many religious people would say they get their ethics from their moral intuitions (their conscience), and create a being who embodies their already established morality to worship.  Many won’t admit it or don’t realize it.  It is post hoc rationale, their feelings come up first and their justifications second. That’s why it’s so confusing listening to, let’s say, a Christian talk about why they need God to be moral.  They don’t.  But I believe they really don’t want to aknowledge that.  It’s a scary notion to many that they have to figure out what’s right on their own, and not be guided by a supposedly more “knowledgable” force.

I’ve never used/seen used the word disambiguated before, not sure what it means or what you mean with it in regards to morality and religion.  I’m guessing you prefer the cleanliness of philosophy (theism vs. atheism) as opposed to morality which can be messy.  But morality is far more interesting in my opinion, and is worth talking about.  I don’t think the religious have much reason to care about what atheists have to say unless it involves morality, and that often means they are more interested in a way of being more moral than being philosophically sound.