David
Silverman is of course a hard-core atheist relativist. No concept of
objective morality enters his life. Or so he claims. He may be right.
Here's an example. What do you think?
Let's
say David had spent the morning making sure that some cheerleaders at
a small rural school stopped praying to God. This kind of thing
really gets atheists jacked up and David was ready to go at them all
day long. In fact David had told his wife that he wouldn't be home
till late. Surprisingly the young girls were easily intimidated and
said they'd quit praying as of that moment. David gave a shrug of
success and headed home – early.
He
came in the front door of his home and was about to say, “Honey,
I'm home,” when he heard some noises from upstairs. It sounded like
his wife was in physical trouble. She was moaning, and gasping for
breath. He ran up the stairs, two at a time. When David got to the
bedroom door there was his wife humping their best friend. The noises
she was making were not from physical distress but from extreme
pleasure.
“What
the hell are you doing?” screamed Silverman.
Panting
and turning to look back over her shoulder, David's wife said, “What
am I doing? What does it look like I'm doing?” She gave a grin at
her bedroom partner and shuddered with remembered pleasure.
“Get
out” Silverman yelled at their so-called friend. “If I ever catch
you with my wife again I'll kill you!”
“What
is wrong with you?” David's wife asks. “We're having some fun.
Besides, what are you doing coming home in the middle of the
afternoon?”
Ignoring
her question, David fumed, “This is so not okay.”
“According
to who?”
“According
to me, you stupid bitch. Not only are you screwing around with who
knows how many men, but you lied to me. When we got married you told
me that being faithful was important to you.”
“It was. I guess I changed my mind.”
Silverman
reiterated, “You lied to me. How can I ever trust you again?”
“Looks
like you can't, I guess. You're not going to tell me that's wrong,
are you?”
“It
is wrong. Screwing around on your partner is wrong!”
“According
to who?”
“According
to me. How dense can you be?”
“Well,
according to me, it isn't wrong. What makes your opinion any better
than my opinion?”
“Society
says it's wrong.”
“What
society? Lot's of people have open marriages. I guess I belong to a
group that thinks it okay to explore my sexuality when I want, where
I want and with whomever I want. Have you ever considered that maybe
it's your prudish morality that's wrong? Listen to Greta Xtina. She'd agree with me. And your friend Dawkins says
that it's abusive to expect husbands and wives to remain monogamous.
And isn't it you who says that nothing is right or wrong? Just a
couple days ago in Boston you said, “Sometimes life sucks. We need
to accept that and support each other when it happens.” Isn't that
exactly what you said to those at the atheist memorial service?
Sometimes life sucks and I guess that for you, this is one of those
times. Relax David. Hey, I could use one more orgasm. You up for it?”
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Do
you think that's how the hard-core relativist David Silverman would
handle this situation? Or does he, like all other atheists, say
morality is relative but actually live as though it's objective?
