Do you feel that, despite your lack of beliefs in the religious elements, you might derive moral theories from a church sermon??
2007-09-30 14:31:33 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course!
The beauty of having no religion is not being a slave to others belief systems,
I find and appreciate wisdom everywhere, if the bible, the Dali lama, Spongebob, or Stephen hawking say something beautiful, wise or thought provoking it still has value to me.
On the other hand if it sounds like a load of trash I can just as easily dismiss it as nonsense.
I am utterly free to think for myself.
2007-09-30 14:38:04 · answer #1 · answered by landerscott 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Possibly.
But I would need a sociological underpinning of the argument rather than a theological one.
There is little point in acting on Morality A because some one says that a god i do not believe in wants me to. Especially as I can probably go go to a second church down the block where the preacher will say that Morality A is bad and against the same mythological god's will.
2007-09-30 14:37:19 · answer #2 · answered by Simon T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because humans can live moral lives without the church telling you so. Really who is moral today, and is church following there own scripture? People are so fake, pretending to be happy, and with God then judge those that are not Christians themselves. Just like that fool Jerry Falwell & Ted Haggard. Hipocrites.
2007-09-30 14:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Interesting question, basic morality is similar across various groups and cultures, with the differences being in why and in the details. I doubt that I would change my moral system from a sermon (it didn't change when I was in the church) but I might theorize based on a sermon.
2007-09-30 14:37:09 · answer #4 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely! I have been to a number of services and felt a little 'confronted' with certain topics. I know that on a few occasions i left something to ponder. I think we all need that some time or another
2007-09-30 14:36:42 · answer #5 · answered by leolady0765 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Theories about how women are evil, gay people are evil, and non-christians are evil? That's about all I've ever gathered from a church sermon. Personally, I'd much rather hang out with the Pagans. At least Pagan men don't treat women like second class citizens.
2007-09-30 14:37:32 · answer #6 · answered by Becca 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
churches derive moral theories from humans
2007-09-30 14:34:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not really. God is mythical... Jesus is fictional... and the words that are put into his mouth in the fictional gospels are Judaized versions of slogans, sayings and bon mots from the Greek 'Cynic' philosophy... with a little bit of 'Stoic' tossed in. Best to go right to the (Greek) source, and avoid all the heaven, hell and bible nonsense.
By the way... I know this from experience, after about 15 years of regular doses of church sermons... up until I learned to think properly, overcame the brainwashing, and got my butt away from that insane drivel.
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2007-09-30 14:38:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
apart from the classic "do unto others", which I believe all religions have something similar to that, no. I'm not a fan of absolute morals that are generally taught in church, just because something is good for one person doesn't make it good for everyone.
2007-09-30 14:38:50 · answer #9 · answered by Salvador 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course there are sentiments of value from them but on a human level not a religious one. The dreaded dogma corrupts many messages. However any decent person can speak of goodness from wisdom.
2007-09-30 14:42:06 · answer #10 · answered by Equinoxical ™ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋