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Do you think that our morals come from god? [Spirituality & Religion]

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FeliciaG · F
In history class we learned that Judaism borrowed the ten commandments from civil laws predating it. Religions are like that: stealing credit for things.
@FeliciaG Hammurabic code?
FeliciaG · F
@puck61 King Hammurabi sounds right.
@FeliciaG Sounds like you have an unethical history teacher. Pretty common in academia these days. Damn shame.
FeliciaG · F
@puck61 Unethical? Is the chronology wrong?
@FeliciaG No, but it was agenda driven bias. I'm not a religious person but the code of Hammurabi was not similar to the ten commandments. It was longer and much more detailed. Some of that stuff is just logical social constructs. The Egyptians had one that was actually closer to the ten commandments. It sounds like an atheist professor with an ax to grind. No big deal. I'm not going to break out the torch and pitch fork or anything! 😁
FeliciaG · F
@puck61 Thanks for the information.
@FeliciaG The whole human sacrifice, virgin birth , and self resurrection thing predates Christianity also! Fascinating stuff!
FeliciaG · F
@puck61 Horus, if I remember right. They found an icon of him on a cross dated 400 BC or something.
@FeliciaG You can read the Code of Hammurabi and the Story of Gilgamesh on line. It's amazing to see the parallels. Sometimes there are truths, that one should allow people to grasp without being prompted. It wouldn't be ethical for a professor to come out and say that Judaic scripture was plagiarized. That all I meant to say. I wasn't trying to be Sammy Stir Shit either! Not this time! 🤔
@FeliciaG Yes! Horus, of corus!.....Nimrod and Ashteroth.....Dyonisus, Mithras, Osiris, I think there some eastern stuff too in Upanishads or something.
@puck61 I'm aggravated. My glasses broke, and I'm looking through the two tiny circles at the bottom of a spare pare trying to type! People in Somalia think they have problems? Ha!