Date/Time 18 Mar 2014 12:04:46am
Disregarding the dubious imperative of a god that dictates what is morally right or wrong, the Golden Rule" is a pretty good guide for personal integrity and social cohesion.

We are moral because it is an evolutionary and social advantage to be so. Dog eat dog undermines society.

Like Robin Williams I find the gospels a fairly useful guide for a moral life. That is, when you disregard the recourse back to the imaginary bloke upstairs and the obviously dodgy bits added later by the church.

We do not need god to discern good from bad. We assign those values ourselves and navigate the shoals as best we can.