Empathy is exactly right. How one treats others is what we judge morality on.
Christians, for example, often decry Homosexuals and say vile disgusting things about them. They try to force them to change their sexuality. I wonder how you would feel if someone tried to force you to be gay. Or if someone refused to allow you to get married to someone of the opposite sex. My guess is that you wouldn't appreciate it at all.
It's why we see slavery as wrong, despite the Bible saying otherwise. Why we see the idea of women being considered property as wrong despite the bible saying otherwise. Empathy. Why we know it's wrong to stone someone for working on Sunday, or being gay. My guess is that you realize these things are wrong too, despite the fact that your bible tells you to do them. Or at least I would hope so. So your morality certainly isn't based on any god or bible. Because Yahweh commanded death to those who disobey his laws. I'd hope that you haven't killed anybody.
Christians, for example, often decry Homosexuals and say vile disgusting things about them. They try to force them to change their sexuality. I wonder how you would feel if someone tried to force you to be gay. Or if someone refused to allow you to get married to someone of the opposite sex. My guess is that you wouldn't appreciate it at all.
It's why we see slavery as wrong, despite the Bible saying otherwise. Why we see the idea of women being considered property as wrong despite the bible saying otherwise. Empathy. Why we know it's wrong to stone someone for working on Sunday, or being gay. My guess is that you realize these things are wrong too, despite the fact that your bible tells you to do them. Or at least I would hope so. So your morality certainly isn't based on any god or bible. Because Yahweh commanded death to those who disobey his laws. I'd hope that you haven't killed anybody.
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to woman is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
