If there was a big bang that caused all of us to be here then where does right and wrong come from?
Who decided whats right and wrong?
Law and order??
2006-11-14 00:11:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God created the Universe and the heavens and Earth, the big bang is just a theory. not based on fact there has to be someone to hold things togeather and keep various laws and rules of physics in place otherwise things would fall apart and be chaotic.
2006-11-14 00:16:04 · answer #1 · answered by Mary S 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Right and wrong, good/bad is a dualistic way of thinking.. There actually is no right and wrong really, they're just labels that separate people and actions.. dualism comes from the ignorant mind thinking, for a bad, there must be a good.. without one of them though, the other doesn't exist... This dualist view is a judgmental and discriminating way of thinking, its what happens to people like white supremacists and extremists...
As a Buddhist, we learn that dualism is the concept which separates you and me right now, when really in reality we're both looking for happiness, and not wanting suffering... from the big bang, I don't know how right or wrong came from, I think whats more important is that we should learn to see people without a discriminative mental perception, keep that open mind, but be skeptical at the same time... best to talk in terms of positive and negative also.. Cheers!
2006-11-14 00:22:21 · answer #2 · answered by Tom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People did. Why is that so bloody hard to get your thick head around? Think about this, a few hundred years ago it was considered 'right' to own slaves. Now it is considered 'wrong'. God didn't come down in the last couple of centuries and sort that out, did he? People decided for themselves that it was wrong.
And no, law and order doesn't decide what's right and wrong, it's the other way around. And both are decided by people.
2006-11-14 00:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tough call, but I'd would say it comes from our Concious Choice, which is a result of our keen ability to weigh the benefits versus the disadvantages of a decision or action.
Regardless of the actual decision or action taken, the nature of it being right or wrong is generally determined either by society(law and order) or by one's own nature.
2006-11-14 00:25:30 · answer #4 · answered by Lexington 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An atheistic evolutionist can only conclude that morality and the notions of right and wrong are at best, arbitrary. We have the entire animal kingdom as exhibitory evidence. In this scenario, only dictatorships and kingships can prevail as it is the only way survival of the fittest can be insured (at least as far as the dictator or king is concerned). In other words, if my morals are as good as your morals, but our morality does not agree, it is my right and duty to myself and my progeny to take a position of dominance to insure that my morals (among other traits) prevail. Further, once dominance is established, so is authority. Morality must have an authority to prevent chaos. A theist understands that God is the source of ALL authority. Others must find an arbitrary source for their authority.
Peace,
MoP
2006-11-14 00:33:18 · answer #5 · answered by ManOfPhysics 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right and wrong do not come from a God say so. Your basic criteria is nature itself. If one thing is what it is then you can say right and if it does not fulfill what it should in order to be what it really is at all it´s extension, then you can say wrong.
That can be concluded after reading philosophers such as Aristotele, or Thomas Aquinas.
2006-11-14 00:17:33 · answer #6 · answered by sofista 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Morality and power come hand in hand. Whoever/whatever holds the reins also sets the rules. Right&Wrong are political categories.
2006-11-14 00:16:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Common sense. Do you only do what's right it hopes of going to heaven? Or does it, perhaps, make more sense to treat others as you would like to be treated?
How do you explain that societies that are less religious have less crime than those that are religious?
2006-11-14 00:13:33 · answer #8 · answered by Kathryn™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have already decided what is right an what is wrong, why are you asking?
2006-11-14 00:17:55 · answer #9 · answered by Huey from Ohio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morality is dictated by society.
Again... you're begging the question that morality only comes from the Grand Poohbah who you believe created the universe.
2006-11-14 00:14:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋