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It's not necessary to believe in God to be a good person.
70-79, M
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SatanBurger · 36-40, F
The way I see it people naturally develop morals. It's basically outside influences that are the ones distorting morals like say the bible, pop culture or advertising. When I mean naturally, people either learn fire burns them or their a bit dense and do it over and over again. I don't want to say natural selection because that's improper usage but maybe Darwin awards is more like it.
You either learn or don't.
Morals are more of a life learning process, our brains have like a lot of defense mechanisms, irrationality as well as rationality to specifically protect us necessary for our survival. So it doesn't make sense that you give a person a religious text and then expect them to all of a sudden be like a perfect present, all neatly wrapped up with a moralistic bow.
It doesn't work like that.
You either learn or don't.
Morals are more of a life learning process, our brains have like a lot of defense mechanisms, irrationality as well as rationality to specifically protect us necessary for our survival. So it doesn't make sense that you give a person a religious text and then expect them to all of a sudden be like a perfect present, all neatly wrapped up with a moralistic bow.
It doesn't work like that.
Bushranger · 70-79, M
@SatanBurger Love you reference to the Darwin Awards.
I think that I disagree with you on people naturally developing morals. My feeling is that our morals are imposed on us by our families, societies etc. Remember, what was considered immoral in the past is now considered moral and [i]vice versa[/i]. But, of course, this is open for debate.
I think that I disagree with you on people naturally developing morals. My feeling is that our morals are imposed on us by our families, societies etc. Remember, what was considered immoral in the past is now considered moral and [i]vice versa[/i]. But, of course, this is open for debate.