Cat & Fiddle Open Dance Session, MDRF Weekend 6

..will be down on the boardwalk (across from the Fortune Teller booth) at 5:10pm, following the sword fight between messers Sledge and Spike (a fun show, feel free to come early to see it at 5).

A rational defense of morality without us all being "the same"

Pharyngula: We “amoral” atheists:

I do have a real and consistent reason for behaving morally, it's just one that doesn't require a supernatural foundation. I was raised in a happy family, one that reinforced that conventionally 'good' behavior, and that rewarded appropriate social behavior. I lived with good role models who offered love without conditions, who taught by example rather than with fear or threats. I live now in a family and with a community of friends who do not demand obeisance to superstition in order to give respect. I am rewarded materially and emotionally for moral behavior.

That's the recipe for building an environment that fosters moral behavior. [...] The surest way to create moral individuals is to build a stable society where desirable behaviors are rewarded [...]

I'd love to know how "Do Unto Others" became the exclusive privilege of "Christians" who insist on doing everything but...