What is the difference between religious dogma and morality?

Question

Can, and does morality exist as a concept in and of itself without reference to religion?

Answer 1

Morality means doing what is right. Dogma means doing what someone else tells you.
Yes, I believe I hold myself up to a much higher standard than anyother religion would. Why would I need someone else to tell me what right and wrong are? I mean, I listen to other people's ideas and make my own decisions on whats right, what I believe. I do not decide I agree with someone or someone's religion on a few points and then just decide the rest of it must be true, too. People and books can and will have good and bad ideas in them. Noone is perfect.

Answer 2

Morality is the rules we use to govern our own behavior in relation to others. It exists in children as young as 18mos and is completely independent from religion. Religion sometimes lists rules governing a society which closely resemble these morals but not always.

Answer 3

Morality is a sense of right and wrong that we all know.
Dogma is people trying to form a group of like believers and calling it religion and calling everyone else wrong.

Answer 4

Morality will always have dogma.

Virtue does not have dogma and is much higher than morality.

Answer 5

morality is determined by the needs of many, religious dogma is determined by the need of an elite few.

Answer 6

that's when christians teach the bible says God hates gay people then say love thy neighbor.


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