The Satanic Temple Vs. Romans 1:18 - 32
According to their own principles: One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason. Which in their philosophy is an individualistic phenomenon, ie reason delimits empathy & compassion — and this is an individualistic/individualized phenomenon. In other words, an individual’s reasoning facility determines if any given person, place, or thing (or group(ing) thereof is worthy of one’s empathy &/or compassion, then one should behave accordingly. If not — oh well. How does naturalistic reasoning select for this principle? We aren’t told, it just does. In truth naturalistic reasoning might or might not select for a moral agent acting with empathy &/or compassion depending on whom you consult. History is littered with the results of naturalistic theology, philosophy, & ethics. How so? Romans 1:18 - 32 is right, when people look to the created order & use/deploy it as the ...