ramblings of a literary hack

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Location: bangalore, karnataka, India

Sometimes editor, sometimes counsellor. Trying to find a way of life that makes some sense to me.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Question...

On a previous post titled "Basis for ethical judgement", I received a comment from man on fire that said I should consider who the highest moral power in the universe is. And to that point I pose this reply. Again I return to my original problem: Why should I choose to lay my faith in a moral power that I cannot know for sure exists? Is it not far more constructive to side with powers that I am aware of -- the demonstrable ability of individual human beings to exercise restraint? I admit that there are few examples of such restraint. But they do exist. On the other hand, I cannot know for sure if the higher moral power, God, does exist. What guarantees that God isn't a mere romantic delusion that we have bought into en masse?