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Originally Posted by Plutarch
"Where does morality come from? What can cause humans to assume the ethical from the outset? If morality can be created and maintained independently of religion, if it is prior to religion, then the decline of religion need not be a matter of overwhelming social concern; religion becomes a matter of individual salvation after death, of overwhelming importance to the individual but of little social concern. Yet it is observable that religion and morality have declined together"
- Robert H. Bork, Slouching Towards Gomorrah
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As I sat in a Philosophy class long ago, the prof asked the class, "What is the difference in religion and philosophy?" Much to the chagrin of most of the class, he stated, "None."