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Do theists need a threat to be moral?

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Do theists need a threat to be moral?
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RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral?
June 13, 2016 at 2:46 pm
You're quite right. I have been talking mainly about the most extreme cases.

(June 13, 2016 at 2:18 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I don't think so.

They use the same moral sense that nontheists do, they just attribute it to their gods.

As far as I can tell, according to the Bible, it is moral to kill witches (Exodus 22:18). Yet, other than a few Christian Pastors in Africa. the vast majority of Christians would not.

A very good point. Theists mostly filter their religion to fit their morality, not the other way around.
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Do theists need a threat to be moral?

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Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by brewer - June 12, 2016 at 3:44 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 12, 2016 at 4:40 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Chad32 - June 12, 2016 at 4:43 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by abaris - June 12, 2016 at 5:55 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by dyresand - June 12, 2016 at 7:15 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by abaris - June 12, 2016 at 7:21 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 12:40 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by brewer - June 13, 2016 at 7:27 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Lucanus - June 13, 2016 at 1:40 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 2:24 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Ignorant - June 13, 2016 at 11:13 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by abaris - June 13, 2016 at 11:50 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Ignorant - June 13, 2016 at 11:57 am
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 12:32 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Ignorant - June 13, 2016 at 1:04 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by abaris - June 13, 2016 at 1:09 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Ignorant - June 13, 2016 at 1:18 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 12:57 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 1:09 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by Ignorant - June 13, 2016 at 1:14 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 2:08 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by brewer - June 13, 2016 at 2:33 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 13, 2016 at 2:46 pm
RE: Do theists need a threat to be moral? - by robvalue - June 14, 2016 at 1:43 am

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