Like a phoenix from the ashes over in Politics, a debate was born: What came first, Religion or Morality?
Respected conservative poster NCB mentioned that not killing, not stealing etc. were Judeo/Christian morals:
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Originally Posted by NCB
So we should scrap the Judeo/Christian principles of not stealing, killing, ect...
because of it's [s]implicity?
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to which I rsponded:
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Originally Posted by Willravel, a.k.a. the coolest f***ing dude alive
Not stealing, killing ect. is not just Judeo-Christian. It belongs to a whole array of religions, but more importantly it is morality that happens to come from religion. Morality should never be compromised.
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to which NCB finally responded:
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Originally Posted by NCB
Very intresting.
We could probably do a whole thread on this, but I'll try to keep it short. So do you think morality comes from religion or does religion come from morality? If the former, does "moral" laws constitute relgious values imposed via govt laws?
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So here we are with a very interesting question (that might not even have an answer): Did religion birth morality, or did morality birth religion?