On Morality

[rainbowings15]

Originally Posted by eclectic

You could be a fruitarian, http://www.fruitarian.com/ or better yet a breath-arian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia.

An astrologer I used to be a fan of (when I was into that stuff), Linda Goodman, lost me with her 'star signs' book all about eating the right coloured food for weight loss, and how we should be breatharians but our air is too polluted so the best we can do is part-time fruitarian, part-time breatharian. She also believed we could live forever if we teach our cells to regenerate... she has since died, so she was either very bad at it or it's a load of hoey.

Or she just ate a bad apple?

[Seamus]

Linda Goodman died?

What a pity.

In terms of veracity and credibility (even amongst astrologers) she was the Alison DuBois of her day.

[Buddhish]

Really interested in this - thanks for the Being Good reference Eclectic - I will look that one up and add to my list. Do you find your morality and ethics set you apart from the mainstream society you are in?

I am in Brisbubble in Oz, and have found that the more I focus on viewing the world in an empirical manner and thinking ethically about my actions, the more alone I feel. Have others experienced this?

I've also found that, when I was "their friend the Buddhist" that was OK. Now I publically say "I'm atheist", it results in a much colder reception. Have others found that too?

Sorry - if that's too far from the topic, just ignore. I havent' had enough coffee yet to be very discerning this morning.