Unethical Morality
(Editorial Comment from the American Heathen® radio show – Air Date 10/16/09)
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“I do not believe in immorality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it”
-Albert Einstein – from his biography Albert Einstein: The Human Side
Morality, a veiled attempt by a few select humans to control, en-mass, the entirety of human experience under the authority of a supreme being. Not based in ethical assessment of human evolutionary traits and skills, the mere positing of moral dilemmas are an assault on human liberty. Blindly abandoning human nature, casting aside intellect and embracing an unethical declaration of war upon the nature of humanness, the religious methodically and forcefully attempt to mandate what human beings can think, do, say, write, hear, see, feel, touch or taste. Moral judgment is the most reprehensible and despicable of crimes, only to be outdone by torture, murder, and rape. It is highly unethical, and smacks of totalitarian smugness in the first degree. It is the United States’ Talibangelical terror.
What is moral? What is ethical? Morality, moral judgment, is a human construct. It is an indictment, forced upon the innocent, based in fear of natural processes in an effort to criminalize them. Ethics, on the other hand, are a natural occurrence, social cooperation cultivated by evolution as an adaptation to ensure the survival of the species.
A child is born atheist, devoid of gods, bigotry and malice. Science has shown that they are born equipped with empathy, compassion, and trust. Human evolutionary biology encourages altruism. Children are not subject to the artificial moral concerns of their parents when born. Yet, as they grow and learn, their behavior can easily be modified. They can be brainwashed, subdued by religious dung. The natural traits of altruism are replaced by moral imperatives derived from religious bigotry and hate. The child’s natural altruistic nature is covered over, replaced with a fallacy of heavenly reward for faux altruistic deeds, and selfishness brought about by the demands of dogmatic compliance that declare’s dominion over those who do not believe as they do, or not at all. As the child enters the formidable years of sexual maturity, the natural processes of biology come into conflict with religious moral dogma, forcing the individual to either question the dogma, or to suppress their biological urges and regress into guilt and shame perpetuated by religious limitations. It is this guilt and shame that encourages denial, lies, deceit, and fear. To atone for these “sins” of mind and body the “sinner” must seek forgiveness through an all powerful dictator, a supreme being concocted by ignorant minds to explain what was once unexplainable. Once the “sinner” is absolved of “sin”, they are free to commit the “sins” again, free will has been granted of course (a nod and a wink) for all their “sins” are forgiven by the blood of another fiction, the son of the first. Offenses to religion, no matter what the moral dictate, are always forgivable if one asks for it. And so, the cycle of sin, guilt and shame continues for offenses manufactured and maintained by religious bigotry and tyranny. And, it is this bigotry and tyranny, born of a myth that has stacked the deck in its favor by declaring that human nature is inherently evil, wicked, depraved and debaucherous. How amusing. Prepackaged, shrink wrapped sinners, born sinful into a sinful world and reliant on a fallacy to cleanse them. Slaves to masters, never to be free.
How many falter in their religious dogma for heeding the call of biology? How many claim pious intentions, but fail to deliver because they cannot resist the natural drive of evolutionary processes? It is the religiously imposed guilt and shame that force the individual to deliver their fear to, what they believe, is a safe environment. But, a religiously safe environment doesn’t exist in the real world. The natural world does not abide by the rules of religion, nor does it ascribe to intentions. Therefore, the bigotry of religion is born. By seizing control of the environment, religion thinks it can control it, manipulate it, force it to capitulate to its selected dogma. Instead, it creates a mindless body of slavery, psychosis and misery.
In the quest for knowledge it has been made apparent by science, that the human species is not as unique, nor outstanding, in its evolutionary roles. We are a product of natural processes, and have been forced to adapt, through natural selection, to our environment. We are a product of billions of years of evolution and are subject to the natural world in every way. Artificial assignments of purpose – religious mandates, political ideologies… these are man made, and at times, in complete opposition to our natural state. But, there is order out of the chaos, and chaos out of order. Natural evolutionary mandates abound. Murder, for example, is a natural occurrence, not only in humans but in other species as well. But, does it benefit our species? Probably not. It is therefore discouraged in our species in favor of cooperation, and at the behest of natural altruistic behavior. No religious mandate needed. The same applies to theft, rape, torture. How altruistic are these?
What about morality, ethics and the law? Simply put, consenting adults with no impairment, infringement, or affect on others rights, are ethically free to do what they wish. A crime is not a crime without a victim. And, there is no such thing as a victimless crime. The decisions and actions of ones self, bound to personal responsibility and restricted only by the rights of another is more than adequate as guidelines to live by, for they are the guidelines of an ever evolving, ever more civilized species. It is the human ethic which reaps the greatest reward for all mankind.
Today’s religious based moral issues are merely the beginning of a blatantly bigoted attempt to usurp freedom and liberty. The fundamentalist religious world view holds nothing but contempt for nature, for the human condition and for progress. It is unpredictable in its choices and applications of dogmatic devices, bolstered by whim, interpretation, and outright deceit. And, it is all based on the fallacy of myth born of the ancient ignorance of man and his lack of knowledge. To be governed by ignorance is one thing. To be governed by over two thousand-year old ignorance is another.
It was once said “Give me liberty or give me death”. This is true. I will not be governed by fantasy at the expense of my freedom, nor shall I be crushed in the fist of religious delusion which denies my liberty. I would rather take my last breath in defiance and deliver my final blow to the face of religious tyranny.
