It's based on God. Moral intellect based on reasoning is always changing.If we can’t agree on what’s moral with reasoning then I don’t personally think it’s based on intellect.
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It's based on God. Moral intellect based on reasoning is always changing.If we can’t agree on what’s moral with reasoning then I don’t personally think it’s based on intellect.
I believe God as described by Judaism exist, but I am baffled by why so many people believe that becuase a god or goddess exists that we should agree with their rules and attitudes.
Why is this so prevelant?
Thanks for your time and please play nice.
Can is not the same thing as should.
I believe we should feel sympathetic for every individual person, not specific peoples.
Something that never changes can never improve.It's based on God. Moral intellect based on reasoning is always changing.
Because He created the concept of morality in the first place. He should know what it is better than anyone.
Absolutely! Things exist only in contrast to their negation. Better to have both than neither.He also invented 'immoral' then.
It's based on God. Moral intellect based on reasoning is always changing.
You happen to be a Jew and you seem to be the smartest person on this thread... why don't you ask yourself "Why obey God?" The Jews in the BIble asked the same question, and did God ever knock them for asking!?
He still made them wander for 40 years though, so maybe be careful huh?!
You realise the irony of disagreeing with the 'smartest person in the thread' about something they would understand more intimately than you, right?
Particularly when the view they are espousing is not self-serving?
I have a friend and her IQ is 168! She is a Mormon Jew. She says there are many Jewish geniuses, more than in the general population.
I'm not talking about the adherents. Yes, there are a variety even in the adherents and scripturally, acceptable. But God's morality doesn't change.Something that never changes can never improve.
... not that religious morality is unchanging; it changes continuously. Its adherents just like to pretend that whatever their current position is has always been that way.
Even assuming God not changing the rules is a good thing in terms of morality...which is a big assumption...the vast majority of God's representatives on Earth (or all of them, even) are self-appointed, and their religions man made.
I don't think religion has anything at all to do with intelligence, but I'd be very interested in seeing your source.The deviation between 'high' performing religions and 'low' is generally in the order of about 10 points. Combine that with the flaws in IQ as a measure, and it's basically a crapshoot. But for what it's worth, I've never seen one of these provide 'evidence' that Mormons rate higher than the norm. Actually, they tend to be lower than the norm, in the US.
I'm not the judge on that one. "Vast majority" is quite a statement and I'm not sure how one can validate that.
I don't think religion has anything at all to do with intelligence, but I'd be very interested in seeing your source.
Wow, so much to impact in a single sentence.
So, she's Jewish heritage, but Mormon religiously?
Look, IQ is a seriously flawed way to measure 'intelligence'. But for the sake of argument, let's go with that as a starting point. The deviation between 'high' performing religions and 'low' is generally in the order of about 10 points. Combine that with the flaws in IQ as a measure, and it's basically a crapshoot. But for what it's worth, I've never seen one of these provide 'evidence' that Mormons rate higher than the norm. Actually, they tend to be lower than the norm, in the US.
Jews, on the other hand, tend to be higher. But given that these are measures by religiosity, your friend is more outlier than representative, right?
Treat people based on their personal skills, abilities, ethics, and efforts, and you'll find the world a much simpler place, imho.
I believe God as described by Judaism exist, but I am baffled by why so many people believe that becuase a god or goddess exists that we should agree with their rules and attitudes.
Why is this so prevelant?
Thanks for your time and please play nice.
I'm not trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill but I stick by what my religion says. I believe in IQ. There is general IQ and specific IQ, like IQ for governing. We may not measure it so accurately, she's Jewish by race, but her and I have known too many Jews, both historically and in person, for us to have any doubt.
Religious or cultural Jews? Assuming you're right, which I don't, how do you think this happens? Genetic, environmental, etc?
Anyways, slight sidebar, but have you ever read either Gardner or DeBonos work on Multiple Intelligences? Worth a Google, given your interest in this area.