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Men and women of course.Where do they come from ?
Keep things civil and more or less just.What do they do for usociety
Sets guidelines for correct/incorrect behavior.How do morals effect our own personal lives?
First define, "moral"How does one become moral ?
Of course. However, some morals are personally set in place and aren't universal.Do morals matter
Source:It's pretty easy to show that Christianity isn't the only source of morality, but it is harder to show that religion in general isn't. Most Christians recognize that non-christians can be moral anyway.
Two of my favorite examples are 1) altruism in nature 2) Smith Principle
The first implies that goodness can exist apart from religion and for purely practical reasons. The answer to this is well, so does badness. So what? If badness can exist without religion why can't goodness? The answer is clearly that they both can.
The Smith example is about a man named Thomas who gets a visit from what he thinks is Jesus. The spirit tells him to kill people, and he is very troubled by it, but doesn't want to be a doubter. So he thinks about it and decides to ask for advice from friends and spiritual advisers. The catch is that he thinks about it.
Why? Because if his moral judgments came strictly from his religion he wouldn't have questioned it. In fact he is required by it to act on faith in an unquestioning way. If the spirit had told him to give to the poor or something he wouldn't have thought twice because it would agree with his own moral principles. Christians will reply "Well Thomas got those principles from his religion, and the spirit may have been a trick of Satan, so he must think about it."
But how does Thomas know this without applying his own moral meter stick to the situation? He doesn't. God can do whatever he wants and who is Thomas to presume to know God's intentions? Many Christians will admit that god can change his mind, and that is a largely unforeseeable event from our standpoint, so how do they decide if it's the devil or just God acting in mysterious ways? By applying the local standards, that's how. Many Christians will also admit that it is possible for God to want war, murder etc if it suits his purposes, so we are again confronted with how do you know?
Yes, but so do recipes.Do morals matter
Where do they come from ?
What do they do for society?
How do morals effect our own personal lives?
How does one become moral ?
Do morals matter?
Roli said:Where do they come from ?
Roli said:What do they do for usociety
Roli said:How do morals effect our own personal lives?
Roli said:How does one become moral ?
Do morals matter
Roli said:Where do they come from ?
Religion is not about morality, it is about social control and gaining power.
1) Human nature (some moral principles appear to be innate)
2) Society, customs, and traditions.
3) Individuals
Religion is not about morality, it is about social control and gaining power.
What about the old caste system in India? Wasn't that based off of the teachings of karma? Because it was definitely about social control and preserving the power of the elite.Where exactly can i find this in hinduism? You know, religion isnt christianity.
Whether it worked or not is debateable, but it was certainly a case of religion being used for "social control and power."But the caste system was an over-organised way of spreading labour, People would naturally want to get a good job. They would always need labourers. Kings became great from brahmins. Kings gave merchants business. Merchants gave labourers jobs. It all worked.
Now this I agree with, wholeheartedly.The bunchign of christianity made into religion just donesent work.
Yes, basic morals are instinctual within each of us. A baby or child of course can't discern these morals because they are helpless and dependent on their parents.My point is , are basic morals not already within each of us.
Could you clarify this a bit? Are you trying to say that God instilled basic morals into the cognitive psyche of humans?We have the moral law,yes of course there are hundreds of things that are moralistic or not ,but I am referring to the moral law of conduct regarding human behavior