Jains predate Christianity by about 1,000 years and have far better rules regarding moral behavior:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgAeAkLuA_mMx3hzIllPjqDsy6IX?qid=20060922122302AAZMJ8B
Many of which appear to have been adopted by Christians.
So, where did Christians get the idea they invented morality?
2006-09-22 17:59:14 · 18 answers · asked by Left the building 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have heard & read numerous comments by all kinds of Christians claiming they are responsible for inventing morals. And, that without Christianity, people would not be moral.
2006-09-22 18:04:14 · update #1
Okay, if non-Christians are moral, then why do so many claim they are not?
2006-09-22 18:07:23 · update #2
I'm too busy challenging Santa to worry about God right now. I'm an atheist, "challenging God" is a meaningless term.
I must have imagined all those thumpers claims that non-Christians have no morals.
2006-09-22 18:14:02 · update #3
Jains do not believe in or follow any Gods.
2006-09-22 18:17:20 · update #4
We got it from the Jews, which predates Jains also
2006-09-22 18:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by Slave to JC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morality comes from a concept of good and bad. This concept must come from some form of authority. If there is no God then simply everything is Ok. We become animals. When an animal kills it is not morally right or wrong. It's just what they do. And if there is no God then we are just and only animals. So the concept of morality must have come from an authority figure who has made the rules. And that is God.
2006-09-23 01:12:48 · answer #2 · answered by yagman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOD invented morality when he created humans, which was way before Jains.
2006-09-23 01:03:48 · answer #3 · answered by PhatCat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God invented morality - Christians respect and follow it.
2006-09-23 01:03:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity stems from Judaism. Judaism was begun by God. God, being creator and author of life, has the final say in morality. It's not man's.
2006-09-23 01:07:10 · answer #5 · answered by stpolycarp77 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did you get the idea Christians think they invented morality? We believe God "invented" it.
2006-09-23 01:04:42 · answer #6 · answered by nancy jo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God predates Jains, whoever they are, and He is the one who established morality.
2006-09-23 01:05:53 · answer #7 · answered by Songbird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where'd you get the wrong idea Christians invented morality?
2006-09-23 01:01:32 · answer #8 · answered by Red neck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the oldest known religion, other than nature religions, is Zoroasterism, from Persia, which gave birth to the first set of Laws, The Code of Hammurabi. SO WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
2006-09-23 01:06:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know that christians thought they invented morality.
2006-09-23 01:04:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋