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Does religion corrupt morality?
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RE: Does religion corrupt morality?
I think it depends on the religion. Calvinism, for instance, pretty much abnegates man's moral agency, and the Get Out of Hell Free card that late redemption offers according to many if not met Christian sects rather does the same, to a lesser extent.

Some of the Eastern religions seem to emphasize personal responsibility, which seems to me would encourage moral introspection.

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Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 3, 2015 at 7:57 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 8:33 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 8:45 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 3, 2015 at 8:49 pm
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RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 3, 2015 at 9:02 pm
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RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 3, 2015 at 9:14 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 3, 2015 at 10:58 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 11:06 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 3, 2015 at 11:15 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 11:17 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 10:25 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 3, 2015 at 10:48 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Anomalocaris - September 4, 2015 at 8:43 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Ben Davis - September 4, 2015 at 9:29 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by dyresand - September 5, 2015 at 10:14 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 3, 2015 at 8:43 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 8:47 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 3, 2015 at 8:52 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 8:54 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 8:55 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 8:55 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 3, 2015 at 10:44 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 11:04 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 8:49 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 9:17 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 3, 2015 at 9:18 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 9:19 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 3, 2015 at 9:37 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 3, 2015 at 9:42 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 10:23 pm
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RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by CapnAwesome - September 3, 2015 at 10:24 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 4, 2015 at 8:09 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by CapnAwesome - September 4, 2015 at 11:04 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Longhorn - September 4, 2015 at 12:14 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by downbeatplumb - September 4, 2015 at 12:46 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 10:28 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 3, 2015 at 10:45 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 3, 2015 at 10:59 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 11:19 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 11:25 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 11:40 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 4, 2015 at 12:37 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by ignoramus - September 4, 2015 at 2:34 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Anomalocaris - September 4, 2015 at 8:45 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 3, 2015 at 11:24 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Cecelia - September 3, 2015 at 11:35 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 11:42 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Catholic_Lady - September 3, 2015 at 11:45 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 3, 2015 at 11:48 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 4, 2015 at 12:26 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by FatAndFaithless - September 4, 2015 at 12:27 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by robvalue - September 4, 2015 at 2:06 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 4, 2015 at 10:29 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Ben Davis - September 4, 2015 at 12:01 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by emjay - September 4, 2015 at 11:21 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by drfuzzy - September 4, 2015 at 12:01 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 4, 2015 at 12:04 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by abaris - September 4, 2015 at 12:36 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 4, 2015 at 2:02 pm
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RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 4, 2015 at 2:15 pm
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RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 5, 2015 at 12:02 pm
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RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Longhorn - September 5, 2015 at 12:50 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Pyrrho - September 5, 2015 at 1:35 pm
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RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Napoléon - September 4, 2015 at 2:47 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by robvalue - September 5, 2015 at 4:12 am
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RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Napoléon - September 5, 2015 at 12:47 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by downbeatplumb - September 5, 2015 at 12:54 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Napoléon - September 5, 2015 at 1:22 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 6, 2015 at 12:45 am
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Napoléon - September 6, 2015 at 7:09 am
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RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by robvalue - September 5, 2015 at 1:33 pm
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RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Whateverist - September 5, 2015 at 6:47 pm
RE: Does religion corrupt morality? - by Mental Outlaw - September 7, 2015 at 1:43 am
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