qs: «The point you make is valid; you can be a good,
moral person without ever having been polluted with petty religious nonsense.»
Show
me a moral people without God.
Not exact matches
The only
people destroying the
moral fiber of this country are all the religious
people who judge others
without knowing them.
There are also plenty of examples of
people without a monotheistic religion that live or have lived peacefully in accordance with their own
morals.
Most I know are humanists;
people who care about the rest of humanity regardless of their faith and who adhere to a
moral code just as noble as anyone, just
without a deity as the center of their life.
People don't have to «claim» they're
moral; they can actually BE
moral without believing in the jolly green giant or some sky fairy.
The answer is, that
without a grasp of the history of the Christian church, no thoughtful
person can hope to understand the spiritual,
moral» even the geopolitical» world in which he lives.
What good are
morals if the one giving them supports
morals that most
people consider to be awful like slavery and discrimination against women, gays and the handicapped, as well as beating children and slaves
without punishment in some cases?
A God who could make good children as easily as bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every one of them happy, yet never made a single happy one; who made them prize their bitter life, yet stingily cut it short; who gave his angels eternal happiness unearned, yet required his other children to earn it; who gave his angels painless lives, yet cursed his other children with biting miseries and maladies of mind and body; who mouths justice, and invented hell - mouths mercy, and invented hell - mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness multiplied by seventy times seven, and invented hell; who mouths
morals to other
people, and has none himself; who frowns upon crimes, yet commits them all; who created man
without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon himself; and finally, with altogether divine obtuseness, invites his poor abused slave to worship him!
I am assuming that we can appropriate this principle from Kant's
moral theory
without assuming the rest of it as true, including his restricted view of what a
person is.
The economic crisis presently being endured in much of the West and beyond also reflects this truth: the whole meltdown in many ways had its source in that unbridled capitalism that decreed the autonomy of the individual and the
moral good of each
person being allowed to pursue wealth
without any relationship to the rest of human society.
Secular schools can never be tolerated because such schools have no religious instruction, and a general
moral instruction
without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith... we need believing
people.
I think a big thing about being spiritual is believing in something higher than yourself
without being tied to some arbitrarily specific
moral code created by
people (not God (s)-RRB- in the context of their times that often has horrifyingly backwards and incredibly immoral rules.
My life is great following basic
morals and laws
without having to pay homage to the invisible god and the silly rules that his creators have invented over the years to keep
people in line while getting rich.
AG, I asked because all too many believers are constantly making the claim that we could not be
moral without God, and he is necessary for morality to be objective, and that
without God everyone would go around raping and murdering, and that
people would not do anything good.
People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality... I have even heard... that, without the Bible as a moral compass, people would have no restraint against murder, theft and m
People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality... I have even heard... that,
without the Bible as a
moral compass,
people would have no restraint against murder, theft and m
people would have no restraint against murder, theft and mayhem.
Religion can also cause social /
moral distant that enables killing but the difference is Atheism cheapens all human life to the point were monomaniacal tyrants can murder their own
people without remorse and oppress the human spirit into complete fear and submission.
Ordinary
people want the best for society and can certainly work together
without needing to derive
moral authority by citing a higher power.
There are many questions about the Christian god that many
people simply ignore, mainly because it makes sense to question, and when force to face the reality that there can be
morals, goodness, peace, right and wrong, and so on,
WITHOUT the Christian god.
According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they [the laity] possess, they have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful,
without prejudice to the integrity of faith and
morals, with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the dignity of
persons.
If being Godless and
without morals turns
people into this, I thank the Lord I am saved.
«
without morals turns
people into this» Belief in your god and morality are not mutually exhaustive.
The new industrial cities created enormous freedom:
people moved to the cities and lived there alone, or with their nuclear families, but
without the significant community ties that simultaneously offered
moral guidance and limited their choices.
If this is true, then only the vision of the eschatological banquet could be an image of the good, whereas the image of dying for the other — though it is the advent of the good in fallen time — can not itself be the final good,
without once more subordinating the
person to an impersonal totality, in this case an abstract
moral principle.
(Look at the women in Ireland and The Dominican Rep. who died because of being denied an abortion recently) You are SO correct about Hitler being a xstian, google away... «Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no religious instruction and a general
moral instruction
without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith... We need believing
people.»
I generally put this down to very religious
people (who have been raised with the concept that God is personally invested in them and is a central force in their life) experiencing the thought of a
person without a religious belief system as being close to someone soul-less:
without morals and
without any fear of punishment (hell), so obviously less trustworthy than religious
people who have a spiritual Big Brother and religious community watching their every move.
And some gay
people feel that gay sex is wrong (and many have at some point in their lives), so they are clearly capable of taking a
moral stand on the issue (
without the physical components of their brains being any different than someone who makes a different choice).
As for Pastor Mike and his atheist registry, like so many other strongly religious
people I've encountered, he's equating religion with morality, as if,
without religious belief (the right religious belief), you are incapable of possessing and living by a
moral / ethical code.
Gossip, as a church activity
without malice, may well be, at its best, the
moral casuistry of ordinary
people, a primary means of congregational bonding, a source of utterly essential
moral data about ourselves, an everyday means of investigating communally what it means to be baptized.
Once
people agreed to accept money as the medium of exchange, the accumulation of property was in principle
without any
moral limit.
Without your proof, we can only assume that you, and groups with which you have affinity in addressing
moral issues, whether those groups be churches,
people with the same interpretation of the Bible, governments (a theocracy, for instance), also do so subjectively.
The
moral requirement to love other
people equally with oneself is an implication of the love of God which goes out to all human beings
without favoritism.
Belief in God may not be necessary in order for
people to be highly
moral beings, but the real question is: Can you rationally justify your unconditional adherence to timeless values
without implicitly invoking the existence of God?
We accept that one can be
moral without believing in the supernatural and that doing so is no guaranty that one will conform to the norms of society that
people call «morality».
This style of attack against Christianity once again shows what happens when there is no
moral compass, and
people think they can do whatever they want
without accountability.
@PRISM 1234, I know it tears you up inside when you hear that
people can be
moral without your invisible superhero friend.
This presumes that
people without god have no morality, yet it fails to answer how
people didn't just kill each other off before god was on the scene, nor does it address how there are
people all over the world who don't worship that god and live
moral lives every day.
It's a big world,
people can believe whatever they want
without having to defend cult labels from groups of
people who declare themselves
moral arbiters.
as for her comments about needing religion for a
moral compass... ive always wondered about
people who couldnt find a
moral compass
without religion.
Meanwhile, the thinning of
moral and cultural norms tends to leave ordinary
people disoriented and
without a sense of belonging.
«Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no religious instruction and a general
moral instruction
without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith... We need believing
people.»
There are tough - minded
people who have learned to accept the exploitation and genocide that are occurring in our time
without flinching and
without moral judgment.
Least of all, right - thinking
people,
people who want human beings to live freely but
without overt reference to universal ontological and
moral claims.
Saint Nicholas of Myra in Lycia (c. 270 - 343) was a real
person who is now mythologized into Santa Claus, an obese old man who miraculously keeps track of the
moral character of children, travels around the Earth on a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer, visits millions of houses in one night
without opening any door or window, and leaves presents for millions of children.
People who commit crimes and who are treated, especially in institutional settings, reoffend at rates lower than untreated convicts and offenders
without disorders — revealing that for most mentally ill offenders, the issue is not
moral but psychological.
I can't imagine anyone throwing rocks at such a great
person who has worked in a very competitive industry
without losing his
moral compass or caving in to the constant pressure to lower standards in order to increase profits!
too many fake profiles and scams connectingsingles.com does not look at the users profile thus so many married
people and scammers hanging out on this website, the forums and profiles you can veiw
without making a profile, I suggest looking at the website for several days before making a decision, I have found nothing but bottom feeders with no
morals and lack of respect are abundant on connectingsingles.com... this is only my opinion best to view for yourself and come to your own conclusion because of websites like this, is where all the negative opinions come from, hard to be positive when the website caters to a select few, While the websites rules and regulations go unenforced...
What's perhaps most refreshing about Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman is the clear - eyed, non-judgmental presentation of three adult
people exploring their sexuality
without the unnecessary accompaniment of shame and
moral grandstanding.
For me, that is the only point of «organized» religion... I would never say
people without an organized religion can't be deeply spiritual and / or
moral people.
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