Is Christian morality superior or inferior to secular morality? Why?

It seems to me that Christian morality ultimately falls back on what god wants, whether or not that is for the well being of humans, while secular morality is based upon what is the in interest of a human's well being.

It seems to me that morality which is centered around what is in the best interest of people is necessarily superior to one which as a foundation relies on what a god wants or (more realistically) what people reckon their god wants.

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REMsleep · 41-45, F

As usual this type of argument can have no clear winner from a purely academic perspective because the frame of reference is different depending on if you believe in an all powerful all knowing being or you do not.

As a Christian I would argue that all morality at its core is designed by God. Of course there will be cultural differences and somethings which are more moral and less so in various places. We believe that even the moral code of all humans is given by God.

Also is seems very lacking and dismissive to put Christian morality into a tiny corner of just being " what a god wants".
That is not the Christian view on Christian morality.
And last but not least living life in fullness and abundance from sin and within the grace of the almighty God is always in the best intrest of all people.

Pikachu

@REMsleep

[quote]Also is seems very lacking and dismissive to put Christian morality into a tiny corner of just being " what a god wants".
That is not the Christian view on Christian morality.
[/quote]

Is it not?
I don't intend to be dismissive. I'm earnestly representing the situation as i see it.
If you see something as immoral but god commands it, do you concede your moral judgement and submit to god?
Yes or no?
Feel free to elaborate on either answer.

Of course there are are standards of morality that the Christian and the secularist can both agree on but at the end of the day, the Christian is required to accept any action of, or command by god to take precedence even if that appears to run contrary to their own well being or the well being of another human.
Yes or no?
Feel free to elaborate on either answer.

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@Pikachu It would be nearly impossible. I only say nearly because Im too tired to try to rack my brain for any senario where it could be possible to believe that God wants us to do something which is immoral.
If a believing individual thinks that God is requiring something immoral he or she is not understanding things or perhaps is not living within the will of God and so has turned to secular ideology.

Its not possible for a Christian to believe that anything of God is immoral and if it is then God would not be God because God is perfect and does not abide with immorality at all.

God's will is perfect and perfect for us because he is God.

Pikachu

@REMsleep

[quote]Its not possible for a Christian to believe that anything of God is immoral ... God's will is perfect and perfect for us because he is God[/quote]

That's my point and that's why i argue that secular morality is superior.
If Christian morality dictates that what god wants (or what they believe god wants) is by definition moral then they necessarily subordinate what they would otherwise consider to be moral to that standard.
By contrast, secular morality would maintain that a moral command is moral and an immoral command is immoral no matter who is giving the order.

[quote]I only say nearly because Im too tired to try to rack my brain for any senario where it could be possible to believe that God wants us to do something which is immoral.[/quote]

Well let me help you out:

If your president or you husband or your king or your friend told you to murder your child to show them that you were loyal to them, that would be an immoral command.
No one can reasonably disagree with that assessment.
Even if that person did not intend for you to carry out that act but wanted you to prove your loyalty by showing your willingness to murder your child, that would be an immoral way to test loyalty.
No one can reasonably disagree with that assessment.
This represents a secular morality.

But in Genesis, god did command Abraham to murder his child and under Christian morality that was (if god had really intended for Abraham to kill Isaac) a morally correct command and (if god did not intend for Abraham to kill Isaac) a morally correct test of loyalty.

So, since under any other context we would recognize the immoral nature of this command/test and since under Christian morality this command/test is necessarily moral...how can one reasonably argue that Christian morality is not inferior to secular morality?