RE: Question to Theists About the Source of Morality
January 5, 2016 at 10:53 pm
(This post was last modified: January 5, 2016 at 10:53 pm by *Deidre*.)
(January 5, 2016 at 10:36 pm)Irrational Wrote:(January 5, 2016 at 10:04 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: I believe as human beings, we all have the capability of choosing to do 'bad' things vs 'good' things. Morality is subjective to me. I've had disagreements with other theists over this, actually, because many believe that morality is always objective. That God is the source of morality. This may be so, I look to God as a guide for my life, but still...it is up to me to make a good or bad choice. A choice to help someone or hurt someone. This is why we see Christian bigots, and atheist philanthropists, because morality is subjective, and just because someone believes in a deity, doesn't mean that he/she will make anymore moral decisions, than a non-believer. Plus, morality being subjective means that what I deem moral, another might not...and vice versa.
Fair enough. I guess this is more a question for theists who believe morality is from God. But it's good to see you have your own view (and a better one at that) than what theists generally believe regarding morality.
It sometimes isn't always easy however, reconciling for lack of a better word, my own worldviews, my own sense of morality...with some of what the Bible proposes. But, having come back to faith, it seems likely that compassion and so on is what we should all strive for, more so than condemning people who aren't following a certain 'brand' of morality. Christianity has so many sects, too...you could put 500 Christians in a room, and all 500 of us will disagree as to what morality means. lol I have a friend who used to be a Jehovah's Witness and she would tell me how strict the moral 'code' was for them, which just struck me as stifling, and really not very freeing. (no offense to JW's, but just giving an example of how far reaching it all can go, when it comes to religious interpretations of morality)
