Is your morality strictly based upon your faith?

Answer 1

Morality...another interesting topic to be discussed on Answer's, and I am pretty sure that by the time you get around to choosing which version you tend to like the most, or the one that speaks loud and clear to your own sets of moral's and value's you will clearly come to understand one thing...everyone has their own code of ethic's and morals.

Having said that, let us begin.

From the Oxford Large Print Dictionary - 1990

Morality - Noun - 1. Moral Principles or Rules. 2. a particular system of morals, commercial morality. 3 being moral, conforming to moral principles; goodness or rightness.

But to understand that, then we best look also at the root word from which Morality comes...that being :

Moral - Adjective - 1. of or concerned with the goodness or badness of human character or with the principles of what is right and wrong in conduct, moral Philosophy. 2. virtuous. 3. capable of understanding and living by the rules of morality.4. based on peoples sense of what is right or just, not on legal rights and obligations, we had a moral obligation to help. 5. psychological, mental not physical or concrete, moral courage; moral support, encouragement and approval.
Moral - Noun- a persons moral habits, especially sexual conduct.
Morally - adverb - moral certianty a probability so great that no reasonable doubt is possible. Moral Victory - a triumph, although nothing concrete is obtained by it.

My morality is not based strictly on matters of faith. They have been handed down to me by my family, by my years of preperation and study for the priesthood and my years as a priest preparing me to be Bishop.My morals come from those I admire, both living and dead. Those who left an impression somehow on who I was at the time and I have moved, in most cases beyond those individual choices and positions that other's took, and I have in turn created my own set of codes which in the long run, is not purely a matter of faith, but a matter of the heart.

THere are many sides to me, and each have along with my faith given me my morality as I have come to undertand it today, and will no doubt change these I hold now to match who I become with each passing year.

I hope that answers you question, because I think I can say without hesitation that my set of morals are exactly that...mine. Your's will be differant...but in some ways as well some will seem or very possibly be the same. But for the most part, like finger prints, my morals are mine...your morals are yours.

Blessings

Bishop David

Answer 2

No. I would live my life with a high moral standard with or without faith...

My standards of right and wrong are set higher than those incorporated within the pages of the Bible.

They closely resemble "The Golden Rule"

My morality comes from weighing every situation/question of morality against that rule.

For example:

In the question of child abuse... Even though the bible states clearly that is not only ok to beat children, but if beating them doesn't work, it's quite ok to have them killed in the streets by the entire village; I don't think that's ok. I don't believe God ever instructed anybody to do such a thing. The reason I don't agree with child abuse/murder has nothing to do with faith. It has to do with the fact that abuse harms children physically, mentally, and spiritually. The damage that comes from abusive parents isn't easily repaired and it hurts society at large, because abused children often grow up to be unbalanced adults who find it difficult to engage in "normal" relationships. This not only harms the child, but the child's future spouse, and the victims of his/her crimes if he/she should turn to crime due to an inability to deal with life in a rational/responsible manner. This is why it is wrong. It does harm to another.

Answer 3

I would not say strictly, but I would say 80%...Even when I wasn't religious I still dressed pretty modest. I think a lot of people who are immodest do it for attention

Answer 4

My Faith produces my morals. I think that is probably true for anyone.

Answer 5

No. My morality is based on common sense.

Answer 6

no, although i have a faith i try to keep my morality based on what i have evidence for

Answer 7

No. I'm baptist but I drink, smoke and live with my boyfriend. One church actually made me quit church because the minister was saying stuff like "how dare someone who lives in sin to come to this church and worse yet, bring the person they are living in sin with".

Answer 8

YES.What do you base your morals (if any)on.
Do you like to be lied to?Have something important stolen?What about cheated?

Answer 9

It is not possible to do wrong to someone, because there is no such thing as something that is always wrong. You can always find someone that thinks it is okay, and who are you to say that you are correct, and they are not?

Answer 10

no it is based in my humanity and compassion, respect and love of the earth and all living things