RE: Relative Morality
October 24, 2010 at 12:05 pm
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2010 at 12:08 pm by Rwandrall.)
(October 24, 2010 at 10:12 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:Quote:So secular morality is not necessarily better.
I would argue the opposite.
Theologially run countries are all intolerant with punishments far outwaying the crime, girls being stoned to death for being raped etc.
Unrestrained theistic morailty leads to the stagnation and stratification of the society.
Also an atheist cannot say that god/the devil made him do it, any crime is your crime and not the fault of some supernatural puppet master.
There is no general rule. The US and the UK are arguably run theologically. The President swears on the Bible, the Queen is head of the Church of England. But they are countries that are some of the richest in the world. And most of Europe follows the Christians values as a whole, so does most of South America.
On the other end, North Korea, or Cuba, or the USSR, or Turkmenistan, or Burma, or Sri Lanka, are countries that NOT run by religious values and end up being some of the worst countries in the world. India follows the Hindu religion and still is one of the fastest-growing countries in the world.
And how often do you see, in the US, someone actually say "the Devil made me do it" ? Pretty much never.