It's been a long time since I argued religion, I do miss it so.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by asaris
Morality's a bit harder... ...But I think that at the end of the day, to explain the existence of categories such as "good" and "evil", "justice" and "injustice", you need God.
|
This is my main problem with religious morality, it sounds too much like people are saying "Yeah, I'll be good, because if I'm not some big guy with a pitchfork is going to torture me for eternity"
Acting "morally" only because you feel you have to is almost as bad as having no morals at all.
Ignoring the whole "moral subjectivity" mess, the simple fact is that there are millions of people who act in what most would call a moral fashion, without the intervention of any religious teaching, simply because they use common sense and the empathy that most human beings have developed.