(December 1, 2017 at 8:13 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: At least in Catholicism, moral theology is a huge thing. "Moral theology" is the in depth explanation of why we believe immoral things are immoral. We have entire books written on the phylosophy of Natural Law. And understanding the why behind our morals is very important in building a well formed conscience, which is also highly encouraged.
I highly doubt many religious people just settle with "it's wrong because my religion says so". Contrary to what seems to be popular opinion, we are human beings with brains and the ability to think just like everyone else here. We are not programmed robots, or brain washed, mentally ill individuals.
Jenny, I think you'd make a great baby sitter but you wont listen to our logic.
Every religion worldwide has it's own motifs of what they think morality is or should be.
Nobody is saying you are not capable of thinking, what we question, and not just your religion, but all religions, is where humans think morality is coming from.
Most humans think morality is coming from above or from the spirits of their ancestors and or a divine place of some sort.
Skeptics say our species behaviors are in us, not in old mythology.
"Brainwashed" well yea, if you get sold something at birth before you can think like an adult, your brain in a very REAL sense is creating neurological pathways like a pencil to paper. "Programmed" would be a more polite word I guess. But again, nobody is singling you or your sect of Christianity out. Most humans WORLDWIDE get sold the religion of their parents at birth. It doesn't make you a bad person, it is simply a flaw in our species evolution.
