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Originally Posted by Charlatan
So by your reasoning religion (and specifically the afterlife promised by most religions) is the only thing that maintains order in our society.
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When did I say that? Try not to jump to conclusions. When the power goes out in a major city, or police services are diminished, the worst in humanity tends to come out, and things get bad. This does not mean that electricity or police are the only thing that maintains order in our society. Likewise if the moral code most of us gain through our religion, based on the idea of an afterlife were somehow hypothetically disproved, would cause reverberations in the social order until a new order was established. In the mean time I would expect an increase in crimes.
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Further, that you, as an educated man are somehow better than those who are not.
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This is something of an ironic statement based on the context of the discussion. In a Christian sense, all are equal and no soul is better than another. From a logical standpoint, being educated, and having skills available to you that others do not (as well as being of above average intelligence) makes your value higher than others to society.
The concept of some sort of universal equality is very new in human existence, and the Judeo-Christian ethic is a large part its rise.