JP wrote
"Foyle, where is your evidence that killing, say, children,is wrong?"

My thinking tells me that a fellow conscious and aware human being has the same rights I do and they include the right to life.

runner was on his usual theme.

Why didn't the Inquisition recognise the right of Bruno to have and express his own beliefs. He was taken to his stake and faggots with a spike though his cheeks and tongue.

The christian churches murdered millions and yet runner now expect thinking people to respect the hierarchy's view on many so called moral issues.

Ethics is far more important.

Pete, my latest reply to the Singer should assist you to understand where I'm coming from.

I hate war and the vermin who promote it. I also hate injustice such as is occurring to the Palestinians and has occurred recently to the Iraqis and the Afghans.

I hate the fact that a few people hold most of the world's wealth and I hate the way politicians betray the trust of the people who elected them.

I hate the way that the 'MIGHT IS RIGHT' philosophy has currency as does the insatiably-greedy capitalist ethos.

I would give everything I own to live a few days of my life in a peaceful world where real love and caring existed.

David G

Hatred of so many things is so easily placed on those who allegedly do those things.

Blanket terms are used such as the "US", "Israel" and "Jews".

If qualifiers were used, such as neocons, rightwingers, Likud or Netanyahu, it would look less like bald racism.

New Anti-Semitism is developing simultaneously from the left, right and "libertarians" (aka Tea Party).

New Anti-Semites frequently oppose Zionism and Israel but then most significantly move their statement on to demonise Jews. For many opposition to Israel or capitalism transforms itself into an excuse or opportunity to demonise Jews.

Regards

Pete

Foyle, I presume that you must be hoping that no one from your secular, sceptical group is reading what you have written here or else you can expect them to be jumping on you. You said that would be the consequence if you express a view for which you couldn't provide strong supporting evidence.

Now you have expressed a view about child-killing that is based entirely upon your own subjective thoughts – there is no strong supportive evidence presented by you at all.

Don’t you see that you appear to be inconsistent here?

'Ethics is far more important. '

Yes Foyle. But not if you follow atheist 'ethics'. We have seen what secularist like Stalin and Mao and Hitler have done. They make your very disputable 'millions' look minute. Not to mention the millions of unborn murdered in recent times by what I take is your 'ethics'. The violence of atheist/secularist make even the corrupt Catholic church look featherweight.

"Fundamentalism is a widespread problem. It often manifests in a religious context - making it highly visible."

In the context of the highly visible anthropogenic global warming religion, the fundamentalist believers, if they had their way, would have all sceptics/deniers hung, drawn and quartered.