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Originally posted by Kadath
I don't think human beings come out of the womb with any sense of right and wrong.
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Originally posted by The_Dude
and we dont come out of the womb already done something bad either. (sry, had to quip in).
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I agree with both statements, although Dude, that certainly puts you at odds with Christianity, which has an established belief of Original Sin. The debate is a classic- "Are humans intrinsically good or evil". I think we have GREAT propensity for both. What keeps us in check are these learned morals passed on from generation to generation. Do you think religion is the transport of these basic morals? Or, perhaps just one of them? If so what are the others? It seems to me that the more successful religions of the world have a well defined moral code as the hinges of their philosophy (not referring only to Christianity). It also seems to me that perversion of these "religious" morals often leads to great evil.