i want to take a few steps back from this argument. i can probably concede that morality is something innate in people, or at least something which forms deterministically in their relating to other people. but i also think 'evil,' seen as the desire to propagate suffering, is also innate in people. that because of this, some people need different ways of validating their better half or suppressing their lesser. the temptation to then institutionalize these methods is very tempting, and the fact that a little bit of both sides slips in is inevitable. at the same time though in religion there's something else going on, which is a more fundamental analysis of man in relation to the world, which you have to analyze on a separate level. how does that sit with you?
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