Religion and Morality.

[BADecker]

^^^... except when they were instructed what to write by God.     

[iv4n]

Religion and morality, funny topic, when you include government and rules all that became hilarious.
In some countries and religions it`s not moral and legal to have more then one wife, but there are countries where that`s ok. When you think about that, sexuality, religions, government laws, this world is really messed up.
Same is with smoking weed. In some countries and religions it`s forbidden, in some it`s ok. How to talk about drugs then? Can we talk about it, or its forbidden?
In my opinion there is just one wrong thing, it`s to physically hurt others. Except in one case, when someone want`s that, BDSM. So its logical to assume that I think that religions are mostly wrong, government`s too. Entire society have wrong foundations.
But one day people will evolve, all this will be history. Same as we read now about stone age, about kings and slaves, some people will read about this times and they will think how it`s possible that people live under this conditions and they didn`t rise earlier to make changes.

[BADecker]

^^^ People never evolve except locally for a generation or two. But in the long run, people always DEVOLVE. Things are going to get worse.

[iv4n]

^^^ People never evolve except locally for a generation or two. But in the long run, people always DEVOLVE. Things are going to get worse.

It`s like some rule, it need to get worse before its get better for everyone. We have some stupid system that last for centuries, in these systems nobody is free, and that`s a huge problem.
It explains your opinion thou. Generation or two accept the current state, next generation despise it and they wish something else, rebel generation.

BADecker do you know what you need to be happy and fulfilled?

[BADecker]

^^^ People never evolve except locally for a generation or two. But in the long run, people always DEVOLVE. Things are going to get worse.

It`s like some rule, it need to get worse before its get better for everyone. We have some stupid system that last for centuries, in these systems nobody is free, and that`s a huge problem.
It explains your opinion thou. Generation or two accept the current state, next generation despise it and they wish something else, rebel generation.

BADecker do you know what you need to be happy and fulfilled?

Immersion within the Shekhinah - http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13537-shekinah.

[Mometaskers]

Some of those names sound familiar. Haven't following them but yes, those people you mentioned tend to be outspoken secularists. I believe most of them are atheists, Dawkins definitely, not sure about Peterson.

We need to understand that since they don't believe in any deity, it's going to affect their views of the source of morality, which is why most of them point to an innate biological origin. I don't think debates between them and religious folks are going to end well, completely different worldviews.

[iv4n]

BADecker do you know what you need to be happy and fulfilled?

Immersion within the Shekhinah - http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13537-shekinah.

Ok, and how do you plan to achieve that? Trough prayers, meditation of some kind, some drugs? Or you plan to live like they say you need to live to be able to achieve that in some point?

To be honest I started to read your link and after few lines my head wanted to explode. Its too complicated to catch who is who there, which languages are used to explain certain terms, words, I don`t know how to explain the mess I see there.

I like other kind of literature, I will share something with you:

 “Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”

 “The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.”

 “No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time.”

It`s Alan Watts. Its something I can relate too. And to not forget I still expect you to answer me how you plan to  "get to" or "achieve " Shekhinah". I hope that answer isn`t to private.

[BADecker]

BADecker do you know what you need to be happy and fulfilled?

Immersion within the Shekhinah - http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13537-shekinah.

Ok, and how do you plan to achieve that? Trough prayers, meditation of some kind, some drugs? Or you plan to live like they say you need to live to be able to achieve that in some point?

To be honest I started to read your link and after few lines my head wanted to explode. Its too complicated to catch who is who there, which languages are used to explain certain terms, words, I don`t know how to explain the mess I see there.

I like other kind of literature, I will share something with you:

 “Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”

 “The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.”

 “No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time.”

It`s Alan Watts. Its something I can relate too. And to not forget I still expect you to answer me how you plan to  "get to" or "achieve " Shekhinah". I hope that answer isn`t to private.

I could answer your question with one word... Die.
Or I could add a few more words to it... Die believing in Jesus salvation.
Or I could go into the whole story of God and Satan and the fall and the salvation of Jesus and the New Universe talked about in Isaiah and the destruction of this universe (the lake of fire... Revelation). But you can read the Bible for all that info, yourself.

Alan Watts succeeded in starting a very noble account of the spiritual way things exist. But if he had believed any of it, he could have made it into a Christian document second only to the Bible, itself.

What was his writing called again? Oh yeah. "Myth and Ritual in Christianity." I'm sure you can find a copy of it on the Net somewhere. Or do you have it?

[johnpaul94]

Ideally every religion supposedly emphasises on morality and poses a standard that is morally sound to their individual religious approval. However, the challenge arises from the practices of their followers forsaking the moral principles taught and twisting them to justify their immoral action.

[Naida_BR]

^^^ People never evolve except locally for a generation or two. But in the long run, people always DEVOLVE. Things are going to get worse.

That's your point of view.
Do you think that we are in a worst situation that many years ago where you can die if a mosquito had bited you? I wonder in what society you live in and you say that things are getting worse...

[Artemis3]

Hey guys. I've been watching a lot of debates on youtube about this topic where theists, apologetics, philosophers, scientists, agnostics and atheists discuss whether religion has a monopoly over what people perceive to be right or wrong. Guys like WLC, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Frank Turek, Richard Dawkins etc. Go after each other's throats to prove their points and honestly, i think every one of them has a valid argument.

What do you think?

Religion does NOT have a monopoly, but it certainly can help, unfortunately in some aspects it can also harm and leave people misled in darkness.

So, as everything in life, it depends. It doesn't even depend on the religion, but on the person.

[BADecker]

^^^ People never evolve except locally for a generation or two. But in the long run, people always DEVOLVE. Things are going to get worse.

That's your point of view.
Do you think that we are in a worst situation that many years ago where you can die if a mosquito had bited you? I wonder in what society you live in and you say that things are getting worse...

People can still die of mosquito bites.

Now, people don't die from being thrown from a horse as much, but they die in car accidents a whole lot more.

All people live in hope. People of the past lived in hope just as much as people of the present.

People from 7 thousand years ago lived longer than 900 years at times. Check the Septuagint.

The devolution we have is caused in part by environment. But it is also caused by moral depravity. This depravity is being corrected by religion, somewhat. But devolution is causing religion to become ignored more and more.

[BADecker]

Hey guys. I've been watching a lot of debates on youtube about this topic where theists, apologetics, philosophers, scientists, agnostics and atheists discuss whether religion has a monopoly over what people perceive to be right or wrong. Guys like WLC, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Frank Turek, Richard Dawkins etc. Go after each other's throats to prove their points and honestly, i think every one of them has a valid argument.

What do you think?

Religion does NOT have a monopoly, but it certainly can help, unfortunately in some aspects it can also harm and leave people misled in darkness.

So, as everything in life, it depends. It doesn't even depend on the religion, but on the person.

Informal religion has a monopoly in the lives of everyone:

religion
[ ri-lij-uh n ]

noun

...

6. something one believes in and follows devotedly; a point or matter of ethics or conscience:
to make a religion of fighting prejudice.

So, everything in life depends on the person's religion, because God controls everything in life based on His desires, and how the person's individual religion conforms to His desires.

[Magkirap]

Hey guys. I've been watching a lot of debates on youtube about this topic where theists, apologetics, philosophers, scientists, agnostics and atheists discuss whether religion has a monopoly over what people perceive to be right or wrong. Guys like WLC, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Frank Turek, Richard Dawkins etc. Go after each other's throats to prove their points and honestly, i think every one of them has a valid argument.

What do you think?

Every Religin had their own set of beliefs so it was not surprising that their arguments are both valid. You should not argue with other religion in terms of what is right and wrong because first of all different religion arise because of diffirent beliefs and perceptions. In terms of Morality and Religion, Religion does manipulate the Morality for it limits the persons decision because there was a supreme being that is going to judge them in their actions. In my opinion, Religion isn't important, what important is the Spirituality.

[KennyR]

Hey guys. I've been watching a lot of debates on youtube about this topic where theists, apologetics, philosophers, scientists, agnostics and atheists discuss whether religion has a monopoly over what people perceive to be right or wrong. Guys like WLC, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Frank Turek, Richard Dawkins etc. Go after each other's throats to prove their points and honestly, i think every one of them has a valid argument.

What do you think?

Religion does NOT have a monopoly, but it certainly can help, unfortunately in some aspects it can also harm and leave people misled in darkness.

So, as everything in life, it depends. It doesn't even depend on the religion, but on the person.

Informal religion has a monopoly in the lives of everyone:

religion
[ ri-lij-uh n ]

noun

...

6. something one believes in and follows devotedly; a point or matter of ethics or conscience:
to make a religion of fighting prejudice.

So, everything in life depends on the person's religion, because God controls everything in life based on His desires, and how the person's individual religion conforms to His desires.

I too have the same thinking. A person lives through his religion, soon after the birth of a child, he/she gets baptized which is the initial point. From there onwards we are into the hands of God. We desire for something, and we strive hard to get it. Same time one next to us doesn't have a desire but he gets what we desire for. This is how God makes us strong in all ways and gives us when we hardly need it.

[BADecker]

Hey guys. I've been watching a lot of debates on youtube about this topic where theists, apologetics, philosophers, scientists, agnostics and atheists discuss whether religion has a monopoly over what people perceive to be right or wrong. Guys like WLC, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Frank Turek, Richard Dawkins etc. Go after each other's throats to prove their points and honestly, i think every one of them has a valid argument.

What do you think?

Everyone had their own set of beliefs so it was not surprising thar their arguments are both valid.

In a common law (lore) court in the USA, whatever anybody says is true. If there are differences, the court is there to find out which truth is reality.

[Zanzibet]

we all have different views and beliefs depending on how we were raised but the ultimate religion lies in how we perceive things as right or wrong. Religion is not there to control but to guide and redirect your opinions.

[GideonGono]

Hey guys. I've been watching a lot of debates on youtube about this topic where theists, apologetics, philosophers, scientists, agnostics and atheists discuss whether religion has a monopoly over what people perceive to be right or wrong. Guys like WLC, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Frank Turek, Richard Dawkins etc. Go after each other's throats to prove their points and honestly, i think every one of them has a valid argument.

What do you think?

Everyone had their own set of beliefs so it was not surprising thar their arguments are both valid.

In a common law (lore) court in the USA, whatever anybody says is true. If there are differences, the court is there to find out which truth is reality.

How we know the truth if they believe that they beliefs was true? In fact, they have different beliefs but they have different think that they say the truth even in others was not. How we can say who is the true and who is not if a person have different beliefs? How the argument work?

[BADecker]

Hey guys. I've been watching a lot of debates on youtube about this topic where theists, apologetics, philosophers, scientists, agnostics and atheists discuss whether religion has a monopoly over what people perceive to be right or wrong. Guys like WLC, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Frank Turek, Richard Dawkins etc. Go after each other's throats to prove their points and honestly, i think every one of them has a valid argument.

What do you think?

Everyone had their own set of beliefs so it was not surprising thar their arguments are both valid.

In a common law (lore) court in the USA, whatever anybody says is true. If there are differences, the court is there to find out which truth is reality.

How we know the truth if they believe that they beliefs was true? In fact, they have different beliefs but they have different think that they say the truth even in others was not. How we can say who is the true and who is not if a person have different beliefs? How the argument work?

That is what the court does... finds the truth. Once it is adjudicated by the jury, the answer the jury gives is the final answer. But...

While a jury verdict in a common law court can't be changed, somebody can bring up a different question that is similar to the first, and essentially makes the first verdict of no effect depending on the new question ruling with a new jury.

In addition, if somebody thinks the jury members acted wrongfully (in bad faith), he can take them to court individually and get damages. But he better be right, because if he loses, his damages and fines will increase.

   

[af_newbie]

First of all, many philosophers and atheists do not understand that God is the source of all creation, life and love.
God is behind all natural laws, he is the creator of mathematics, physics, science etc.
In the end, God is also the source of ethics and morality, which are unchanging and absolute.
People can create only temporary moral which cannot stand the test of time.
Religion is merely an intermediary between God and men.
And as someone has well noted, what is most fundamental is that God is love and our Heavenly Parent.
God's love was his motivation for creation and the absolute morality he gave us as a guide to life.

Unchanging?

When was the last time you stoned to death a waitress who served you coffee after your Sunday mass?  

Or killed gays when you saw them in the street?

If we only knew what that unchanging morality is.  LOL.

3000+ examples and counting.

Morality is created by culture and is temporal.  What is moral in one culture is obscene in another and vice versa.
What was once considered moral in Christianity/Judaism/Islam is no longer moral today. Slavery, stoning people to death, etc.

God is a man-made construct to help you cope with the challenges in life.  

A self-deluding psychological trick to help you survive in the complex world.