From: Erin (macavity11@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Nov 05 2004 - 22:11:16 GMT
amazon.com: Dostoevsky's famous phrase "without God, everything is permitted" (from The Brothers Karamazov) is often used by theists as a warning about the dangers of living without a transcendent moral certitude. In your view, is it safe to say that "it's with God that everything is permitted" (murder, genocide, etc.)?
Harris: Yes, but I would broaden the scope of the claim: With false certainty, anything is possible. This covers the Hitlers and the Stalins of the world as well.
Is there anything that MoQers would agree that constitute true certainty?
Erin
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