I guess I wasn&#x27;t clear enough, but considering the topic of this thread, when I wrote &quot;certain problems&quot; I was referring to statements about the natural world. That is, the sort of stuff you would talk about at any scientific conference.<p>You are correct that &quot;ought&quot; questions are not scientific in nature, but that&#x27;s because they are not statements about the natural world. Moral principles will be rooted in your biology and your culture, and if your culture includes religion that will be reflected in your beliefs, but that certainly doesn&#x27;t validate your religion. Of course, how your religion came to have those values in the first place <i>is</i> in the domain of science (anthropology).