utbagpiper
Banned
Keep your religion out out it please.
Only to the extent you do likewise.
Objectivism is little more than an atheistic religion. And I note that some of the more vocal anarchists here treat any questioning of their NAP/NIFF much more as heresy than do men of faith when it comes to questions of church doctrine.
It is funny that you attack religion when I've not much mentioned it at all in regard to community standards or conduct.
That said, if religion is not divinely inspired, it might well be viewed as the way in which successful societies have arranged and catalogued a few thousand years of "lessons learned" about what conduct contributes to functioning communities vs what conduct is damaging. For example, one need not even believe in God to concede the overwhelming evidence that unwed pregnancy and births and fatherless homes are a major contributor to violent criminal conduct, lack of education, and other major social problems. Indeed, only a small-minded bigot, kicking against an ideal merely because it may be tied to religious beliefs would suggest that widespread bastarditity is anything other than a grave social ill.
Most here are NOT part of 'your community,' nor do we want to be forcibly constrained by a religious influenced legal code.
Heaven forbid we outlaw theft (thou shalt not steal), not encourage unwed births or the other problems associated with marital infidelity (thou shalt not commit adultery), or punish lying under oath and defaming a man's good name (thou shalt not lie, thou shalt not bear false witness). Who would want a legal code based on the premise of "doing unto others as thou would have them do unto you?" And while it is impossible to legislate thoughts or feelings, how many problems would be avoided by personal adherence to the command not to covet thy neighbors property?
Bigot and small minded continue to go together so very well. Some are so filled with hatred toward their supposed enemies (including religion), that they can't even think straight to see how silly their demands really are.
In a pluralistic society, "God said so" is not sufficient reason to legislate.
On the flip side, in a pluralistic society, "I don't believe in your god" is also not sufficient reason to remove from all consideration the ideas, ideals, values, and morals of those who do believe in God and whose sense of morality is shaped by that belief.
It is a myopic, ignorant arrogance that fails to see how much subjectivity is left even in a belief system names "objectivity."
Charles