appropriating morality | how ’the Judeo-Christian tradition’ takes false credit [cc]

Some thoughts about the tendency of religious groups to claim intellectual ownership of morality. You can support the channel at: -- opening quote: Believers in religion teach us that God will reward men for good actions, but men who are intellectually free, know that the reward of a good action cannot be given by any power, but that it is the natural result of the good action. The free man, guided by intelligence, knows that his reward is in the nature of things, and not in the caprice even of the Infinite. He is not a good and faithful servant, he is an intelligent free man. —Robert G. Ingersoll -- subtitles Arabic: TranquilOblivion Bulgarian: Djeitko Portuguese [Brazilian]: Débora T. F. Silveira Spanish: Martin Gonzalez -- Correction: at 6:54, Matthew passage should read 5:38 instead of 5:43. Thanks to TranquilOblivion for picking up on that. -- Animal studies Frans De Waal talk/articles: Proctor, D., Williamson, R.A., de Waal, . and Brosnan, S.F. (2013) Chimpanzees play the ultimatum game. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 110 (6) Proctor, D., Brosnan, S.F. and de Waal, . (2013) How fairly do chimpanzees play the ultimatum game? Communicative & Integrative Biology 6 (3) see also: Vulcan and Virgil, the sharing capuchins: chimpanzees conflict and resolution -- Berkovits, E. (1975) Judaism in the Post-Christian Era. in Talmage, F.E. (Ed.), Disputation and Dialogue: Readings in the Jewish Christian Encounter. Ktav, New York. -- Gill, J. (1746-63) Exposition of the Entire Bible. Psalm 137:9: ‘Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. That takes the infants from their mothers’ breasts, or out of their arms, and dashes out their brains against a “rock“, as the word (k) signifies; which, though it may seem a piece of cruelty, was but a just retaliation; the Babylonians having done the same to the Jewish children, and is foretold elsewhere should be done to theirs, Isaiah 13:16. Nor is this desired from a spirit of revenge, but for the glory of divine justice, and that such a generation of cruel creatures might be rooted out of the earth; see Revelation 2:2. Some allegorically understand this of crushing and mortifying the first motions of sin in the heart; but such a sense seems to have no place here. (k) “ad petram“, V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, &c. “ad repem“, Cocceius.’ -- Hobson, T. (2017) God Created Humanism: The Christian basis of secular values. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London. -- Paine, T. (1794-1807) The Age of Reason -- Jewish biblical passages: Vayikra 21 Vayikra 24 Vayikra 25 Bamidbar 31 -- music © theramintrees: Excerpt from Beethoven’s seventh symphony, second movement. Full original music tracks used in videos are available to patreon supporters who pledge at the $1 per video level.