RE: Religion stifles Moral Evolution
December 1, 2017 at 4:38 pm
(This post was last modified: December 1, 2017 at 4:41 pm by LadyForCamus.)
@steve
I'm arguing that it is relevant. Isn't god's morality supposed to be perfect, and unchanging? Why was the moral standard set so low for the Jews?
As far as "new information" goes, I don't think OP means new information about the concept of morality itself; but rather, we learn via science and research, new information about the world and about people. This new information leads to reevaluaton of what we as a society deem, "right" and "wrong", and why.
Example? We now know it's wrong to drown women or burn them alive at the stake for being witches, because we're reasonably confident there are no such things as witches.
I'm arguing that it is relevant. Isn't god's morality supposed to be perfect, and unchanging? Why was the moral standard set so low for the Jews?
As far as "new information" goes, I don't think OP means new information about the concept of morality itself; but rather, we learn via science and research, new information about the world and about people. This new information leads to reevaluaton of what we as a society deem, "right" and "wrong", and why.
Example? We now know it's wrong to drown women or burn them alive at the stake for being witches, because we're reasonably confident there are no such things as witches.
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