To make moral judgments means to make 'distinctions between right and wrong behaviour according to conscience'. Christians, however (and other believers), readily admit that the behaviour which they advocate for themselves and others is a matter of simply following their god's orders. This is not morality, by any definition, and the more closely someone follows what they perceive to be the orders of their deity, the more amoral they are. Fundamentalists - biblical literalists, whatever the appropriate name is - are the least moral people of all, since by their own admission they seek to follow rigidly the orders as they see them, and eliminate any input from their conscience at all.
So, can you be a moral person despite adhering to an amoral belief system such as Christianity or Islam? If so, how? Can you argue with your god and tell him he's wrong and you're right, if your conscience demands it? How would your god feel about that - would he respect your opinion?
2006-08-08
05:57:26
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