2007-06-14 08:46:55 · 28 answers · asked by edward_lmb 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
drinking!
I am cassstching onto the S&Rrrr drinking rules bery shuickly...
2007-06-14 08:49:23 · answer #1 · answered by quirky 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well since time of times the weaker people were used by the stronger ones. So maybe the weaker ones created God and the rules as to tell themselves that there suffering will lead them to heaven and that they were the good people because they do not use others and so on....and since then we are conditioned to believe either in God or morale duty... But whatever the truth if God exists or not one thing is definitely true to my eyes is do not do to others what you would not like to be done to you...
with this I wish you the best and have a great life enjoy the here and now...
2007-06-14 09:07:40 · answer #2 · answered by nnnn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Social Contract:
Killing other people reduce breeding stock and help with progessing the world thus its bad for me, dont do it.
Stealing other people's things is wrong because it takes away from the balance of the tribe. Thus its bad for me, dont do it.
Sleeping with tons of women may flood the gene pool and cause inbreeding which is bad for me, dont do it.
I can go on.. But you can see there is a simple way of things liek this to be worked out when you use logic and knowledge of the sciences (social and chemical)....
However in the times when the laws of God were placed people were not aware of these sciences. That is why they were given a cheat sheet By God through the Ten Comandments.
2007-06-14 08:59:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just as physical traits evolve to ensure the survival of the species, so too do social traits. Rules of behaviour vary from culture to culture, but share many similarities do to the fact that human societies need to survive. You cannot, for example, have everybody killing each other and expect your society to prosper.
Consider. Although God supposedly provided Moses with a set of laws, most of them came frm Hammurabi's Code. Did God crib the laws from Hammurabi, or did God also provide Hammurabi with the laws. The fact is, those laws evolved over time from pre-history to ensure that societies could survive and keep the species going.
2007-06-14 08:55:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even the most primitive human societies knew right from wrong. Their concepts did not necessarily align with modern ideas, but it worked for them. Morality predated religion by millennia.
2007-06-14 09:04:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are inherent to us. morals DO exist without god.
people say things are right and wrong merely because god says they are, but if that's the case, then couldn't god pick something like torture and say that's "right?" i mean, if he's the ultimate authority on right and wrong?
of course, theists will say that god would never do this, because he's a good god. which immediately tells us that "good" (and therefore right and wrong) are something separate from god, and that he chose the laws he did because they fall into this category of right and wrong.
so where do they come from? they're inherent to human nature. all across the board, people know that rape and murder is wrong, even people who are godless.
2007-06-14 08:55:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Morals are pretty much the same in all societies, whether they are religious or not. It is society (Our immediate family, government, community) that determines our perspective on right and wrong.
How did societies first come up with its sense of morality? Thats a harder question. Probably a combination of instinct and selecting what works to create harmony and prosperity in a community.
2007-06-14 08:53:54 · answer #7 · answered by EMERGENCY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink!
We are all here and alive, right? Society exists?
Obviously our predecessors figured out rampant murder was a bad idea.
The economy won't work well if everyone just steals from each other, either. Kills the benefit of doing any work.
Morality exists as a necessary condition for society to exist.
2007-06-14 08:52:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where do concepts of right and left come from?
2007-06-14 08:50:13 · answer #9 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We're not a stupid species. We're social, we need each other, so we have an instinctual distaste for things that would unduly disrupt our societies and threaten our survival. Animals that live in social groups don't randomly kill each other for the same reason. There's a chain of authority, rules (don't kill, don't steal etc.) and punishment for misbehavior. It's pretty simple.
2007-06-14 08:52:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anise 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Personal values. Morality is not a religious concept, although it is usually attributed to it. Had no religions ever been established, morality would have flourished.
2007-06-14 08:51:38 · answer #11 · answered by Always Curious 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋