[MikeWaters]

I'm taking this ethics class, and as part of the first reading, it talked about the philosophical background behind modern day research ethics. It basically postulated that ethics gained very little from religion.

So I bring this up in class, "in the United States we talk sometimes of our Judeo/Christian ethic, to what degree could it be argued that modern day ethics comes from that?"

Before the teacher could respond, one of the other classmates jumped in. She looks like she is getting close to 60 years old. She proceeded to tell me that Jews and Christians have very little to do with each other, and their beliefs are so distant, that I should not be lumping them together.

Okay, dude, whatever. I love these classes. A bunch of ignoramuses (myself included) spouting drivel to each other.