Does anyone else find it sad, that without a book some people wouldnt have any morals?

Question

Little bit scary really..

Little bit scary really..

Answer 1

One only needs to look at most of the atheists on here tonight and say yes, it is sad.

Answer 2

If you go back in history before there was a "book" and look at what the morals were like in the pagan societies back then -- you would be ecstatic there is a book today. But I have to admit that we seem to be moving in the direction of where we came from when there was no book. Morals are declining regardless of whether you accept that fact or not.

Answer 3

Where do your morals come from? Do you make them up as you go? If so, what if I make my own morals, and what if my morals say its OK if I steal things that belong to you, would that be OK with you? If not, why not? Why wouldn't my morals be just as valid as yours? After all, what I often hear people say is "who are you to tell anyone what is or isn't moral?" Right?

Do you see the inherent problem with everyone deciding for themselves what is moral? Or perhaps you believe the government should set moral standards. Tell me please, in your view, is every law passed by every government moral?

What if everyone on a professional sports team made up their own rules as they went along, what kind of result would they be likely to have? How about chaotic? Ineffective?

Hence the state of our society. When we decided to "make up our own rules" we headed down the path of chaos and insanity. When most people were following a single standard more or less, society was more calm, peaceful, and in order.
As a younger person, I remember people in my neighborhood going to work and leaving their doors unlocked. Most people then believed stealing was wrong and they lived that way. Robbery was almost unheard of, ......at least until as a society we threw out biblical principles and made up our own rules. Today many people don't see a problem with stealing as long as you don't get caught. In an earlier time "self-restraint" was widely practiced. Today, that term is foreign to much of our society.
We all can see the results.

Answer 4

Awhile ago, the question was asked of atheists whether or not prostitution was immoral.
Amazingly, most of the atheists who answered said "no"
In other words, it is perfectly fine with these atheists to put this most cherished of intimacies up for sale.
I was completely shocked and saddened to see that those people who claim so loudly that they don't need a book to have morals actually don't have morality! But I suppose I should have expected as much...
You know, until I read that, I was inclined to agree that same-sex couples ought to have the same rights as anyone else, even though I believe that the God I worship has declared that homosexuality is an abomination...but if sexual intimacy means that little to the ones who are pushing the hardest to legalize gay marriage, maybe I need to rethink my logic.

If it's OK to sell sexual favors for money, why not sell your wife? Or your children? Where is the line to be drawn? And by whom?

Answer 5

You're missing it entirely. Everyone agrees that people in general do in fact have a sense of morals whether they believe in God or not. Why is that? If humans and the rest of the universe is a product of random chance, where is the necessity for what we call "morality". Evolutionists imply that there is an intrinsic or instinctive drive for species to survive, but from where does this "value" for life originate? If there is no purpose for a particular life to begin with, why should there be any motivation to protect it? You see, this "book" does not give us morals; God did. This book reveals to us why we have them.

Answer 6

I find it sad that you think you can have morals with out that book. By the way the book you are referring to comes from several letters and scriptures. The letters were recounting what God's son did and told us to do when he was visiting us for a short 33 years. The scriptures are handed down from oral tradition from God. So pardon us when we derive our sense of morality from the one that started it all.

Answer 7

Yes it is actually very scary that people aren't logical enough to realize that morals are important for society.

Sometime I get the impression that if God was actively dispoven, Christians would go on a rampage, raping and killing everyone is sight.

The fact that they can't fathom why anyone would have morals without God, exposes their need for authority to keep them from fulfilling thier secret desires and filthy thoughts.

They really must be deranged.

Answer 8

Books are the keys to enjoyment that help us learn some important lessons within them. Of course a person wouldn't have any morals if they didnt have a book because a lot of morals are learned through enjoyment and reading. So I think it would be a devastation to society.

Answer 9

I find it even scarier that because of denial of "the book," people don't have any morals. Anything goes. No right or wrong, just gray areas. Nothing being absolute.

Believing anything that comes their way. No anchor. So very sad.

Answer 10

What's really sad is before I could read, I had no morals at all!

And in places where few people can read, they just go around eating babies and raping pigs. At least thats what I hear!