2007-09-25 08:02:23 · 19 answers · asked by chazwogger 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And what the hell is moral high ground?
2007-09-25 08:08:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The principle of unalienable rights endowed by the
Creator. If you know the "Engineer" and at least part
of the "Engineer's" plan, then you will understand a lot
more about the world and what is moral (what works,
what does not work). Trust the "Chief" instead of the
"indians" - makes the most sense if you think about it.
In fact, the greatest commandment in the Bible is to love/serve God first, then the second greatest is to love/serve others.
If (and this is a big If) you serve God first and not your
own self (and not mankind first either), you will serve others much better. Even if you want to serve others, then yourself, and leave God out of the picture, this is like trying to heal
a deadly wound without a doctor. Serving God first IS to serve mankind's greatest need! It is part of the principal
behind the US constitution and the reason for morality
in a "world view" that includes a God (separation of
church and state really means separation of denomination and state, not separation of religion or God and state - "church" means a type of church and it does not mean religion or God in a generic sense! - if we say "separation
of God or religion and state" then we are defeating the
purpose of freedom of religion all together. This is a
serious situation!
To fill yourself with God's love first will result in the best outcome for morality! You will treat life as sacred and
have a completely different perspective than those that
serve mankind or serve self first! This is automatic!
2007-09-25 15:27:16 · answer #2 · answered by Nickel-for-your-thoughts 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What are you talking about? When people see I'm a Muslim, I am not automatically given moral high ground. In fact I am rarely given moral high ground. When people see me they think I'm either oppressed, a supporter of Al Qaeda, uneducated, miserable or a supporter of terrorism.
2007-09-25 15:11:09 · answer #3 · answered by Hope 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
...News to me. I see many moral non-religious people and quite a few amoral religious people.
But in general, if you mean religious people are assumed to be more moral, etc, then yes that is a social problem in a society which favors religion. (Like the US.) People are more willing to think well of people that they associate themselves with. In a group that has one majority religion, well, you get my point.
2007-09-25 15:06:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Didn't know they were. Most educated people look upon the devout believers as either idiotic, scared, or stupid.... afraid to take their lives in their own hands, and hoping some sky daddy will rescue them and answer their puny prayers.... That's high ground?????
2007-09-25 15:06:41 · answer #5 · answered by April 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because people confuse religious dogma with morality.
2007-09-25 15:05:07 · answer #6 · answered by h_a 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
It may be due to people thinking that more restrictive is more moral.
2007-09-25 15:08:55 · answer #7 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is part of the superiority complex that comes from believing that you are right and everyone who doesn't believe as you do is wrong because it says so in your religious book.But that doesn't give them the high ground.They just think they have it.
2007-09-25 15:06:49 · answer #8 · answered by Demopublican 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because they are associated with piety and holiness in relation to God's standard of living - which is higher than the secular way.
2007-09-25 15:06:48 · answer #9 · answered by Q 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They aren't.
There is nothing moral about being religious.
Quite the opposite.
2007-09-25 15:06:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋