2007-07-13 10:58:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
nice phrasing but the answer in my opinion is No. different religions share many of the same morals and atheists share many morals with religionists.
2007-07-13 11:02:55 · answer #1 · answered by Pascal's Pager 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion in and of itself is not THE moral compass. It is belief in a specific religion that gives us mortals our own
moral compass, and by which we guide our actions. There are so many "religions" and so many teachings within them,
that the only true moral compass comes from our conscience,
and our own understanding of God.
2007-07-13 11:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God's laws hold the moral compass of man and the heavens and the earth's compasses. God even holds in His hand the very breath that you breathe. Jesus said, "I am life." He also said that He is the truth and the way.
2007-07-13 11:06:52 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, religion has a myriad of moral compasses, each claiming to have the best accuracy.
2007-07-13 11:02:36 · answer #4 · answered by Brent L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pure religion, and undefiled is to visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
There is no moral compass, that is Masonic doctrine.
2007-07-13 11:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not.
Religion serves several functions, one of them to provide a moral code. If we used the old testament as a moral code (rather than use our own moral code to cherry pick from the old testament) we would be pretty immoral people.
2007-07-13 11:03:13 · answer #6 · answered by grl235 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is the word of God that is the compass to lifes moral, religion has nothing to do with the way we are it is the Bible that teaches how to act to speak how to present ourselves.
2007-07-13 11:05:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world has no moral compass.
Only an individual can exhibit morality.
2007-07-13 11:02:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Morality is one's own sense of right and wrong. Religion has nothing to do with it.
For example, it is immoral and unethical in my opinion to limit science and knowledge. It is also immoral and unethical to murder people. Most religions can't claim innocence in either case.
2007-07-13 11:03:25 · answer #9 · answered by Armless Joe, Bipedal Foe 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
* Religion is responsible for many past and present immoral acts
* Religion is not required for morality
* Is morality-because-a-god-is-watching actually morality?
* do theists avoid killing and stealing only because their god forbids it?
2007-07-13 11:03:13 · answer #10 · answered by Dreamstuff Entity 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋