RE: Why I'm not a terrorist
December 24, 2017 at 8:47 am
(This post was last modified: December 24, 2017 at 8:48 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(December 23, 2017 at 2:43 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote:(December 23, 2017 at 11:52 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It's interesting to think how different I would or wouldn't be if I was raised without religion and currently had no religion.
Obviously I'm sure I wouldn't be killing anyone lol. But would i be different in any way? If so, how? It's always interesting to try to think how much of you is nature vs nurture, and how much is influenced by your beliefs.
Hey; if religion is your code of ethics; then it has an influence on you. Take concepts like charity, I'll know that religion affected somebody if I saw them giving.
Fear of hell must've prevented you from doing some stuff at least; right? it did in my case.
Not fear of Hell per se, but the belief that doing it was immoral.
But I'm not sure how different my morals would be if I was irreligious. My morals came from religion, yes, but they all still do make logical sense to me because of natural law and how the world works.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
