The one thing we would all agree on is that morality is about how individuals behave towards other individuals, and the consequences of that behaviour for each person. Christianity (as an example) tells us that only one god exists, and that he existed alone for all eternity until he decided that he needed to make some humans to love and worship him. Now, how would such an entity ever come up with ideas about how to interact with other individuals, if there is only one of him? How could he be the origin of moral views about relationships if he never had a relationship? How could he be the origin of rules about theft if he never lived in a society, or about how to interact with parents if he never had any? If you try to ascribe the origin of morality to a creator god then you end up at a loss to explain where it came from in the first place. The idea is clearly nonsense.
On the other hand, morality *does* make perfect sense if it is an evolutionary survival strategy - Part of the phenotype which has made us such an enormously successful social species. The 'function', then, of morality (if you can call it that) is simply to enhance the propogation of the genes which cause this kind of behaviour, which it has done extremely well. That's no different to observing that the 'function' of wings is to facilitate flight and that it has contributed to the evolutionary success of birds and beetles and other flying creatures.
So, as far as I can tell, morality makes sense in an atheist worldview but no sense at all in religion.
2007-02-22 00:10:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you were to invent something you have to come up with the conditions for that particular thing to survive. God created man but before he created man the devil already existed and God knew that if he were to create man without set moral values what ever the devil would tell man then man would believe. Therefore God had to bring distinction between Him and the devil by setting moral values for man.
2007-02-22 00:21:48 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Yahoo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Think of it this way. God is AllKnowledge. Instead of trying to prove he doesnt exist look around you. The Sun , Planets, Nature, atoms , Mountains. Dont try looking on the negitave sides as it always draws you away look at the positives also. Can Mountains evolve ??? how where they placed there ??? How was the Sun positioned in such away that all planets revolve around it ? Now lets say you were to build a robot you tell it to move right and it does do you ever try and understand how it is to BE a robot. Or do you just understand the data you create for the robot to accomplish ?
2007-02-22 08:28:29 · answer #2 · answered by Spark13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion make up its own morality such as same sex marraige and sex before marraige.
As far as homosexuality I say find love where you can.
We all know that promescuity can cause problems. An Atheist just does not believe that one will burn for eternity for it.
I don't call adulterly a sin. The word sin applies to crimes against the law of "god" but of course adultery is wrong because it harms the feelings of others and it is dishonest.
I am not sure what my point is, I have been awake too long.
2007-02-22 08:20:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You have to remember that God created the Angels long before man. So he did have company. Satan was an Arc Angel and above all the rest, with powers and dominance over the others. He began to think that he was more powerful than God. That is why he is where he is today.
When we begin to try and think like God. We discover that we're not all that smart.
2007-02-22 08:21:23 · answer #4 · answered by Cal 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God is eternal and infinite. All creation come out of His being through His will. He takes the form of atoms, molecules, ether, air, fire, water, earth and the multitude life form on earth.
As He exists within every atom of this universe, He aslo exists within every cell of our being. He exists within each and every one of us as the awareness that we have of of our existece, the consciousness that we have of being alive. He exists within us as our true Self. It is this existence of the God within that speaks to us as our conscience telling us what is right and what is wrong.
As God is absolute and beyond attributes, be it good or bad, both good and evil are an equal creation of His. The evil is a veil that hides the God within and around from the eyes of ordinary human beings. We are meant to understand the right path and move towards realizing Him.
2007-02-22 08:26:48 · answer #5 · answered by Rakesh 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WELL LETS SEE HERE FROM WHAT YOU JUST SAID THAT GOD DOESNT EXIST THEN HUH // THEN THINK ABOUT THIS IF I WAS TO WRITE A LAW WITH NOBODY AROUND IS IT STILL A LAW THEN EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN ACTUAL LAW AND IS IN EFFECT IS IT A LAW AND IF I DID DO YOU NOT THINK THAT I WOULD SOMEHOW COME UP WITH A WAY OF TELLING PEOPLE OF IT SO I DONT HAVE A BOUNCH OF PEOPLE BREAKING IT /// HE DOES EXIST AND THERE IS A WAY OF HIM TELLING US WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG
2007-02-22 08:23:26 · answer #6 · answered by THE WAR WRENCH 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have you ever read a Bible? it shows how morality came in to play.
2007-02-22 08:22:36 · answer #7 · answered by Thumbs down me now 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you know that and I know that but no way is a fundie going to be able to read and remember all that text.
Simple words, my friend, use simple words.
2007-02-22 08:20:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋