Once you start thinking for yourself, you are faced with having to figure out what's right and wrong for yourself, using all the sources available to you. That includes your conscience and empathy, what you were taught as a child, your reasoning, your peers, laws, and if you're up for it, centuries worth of moral philosophy If something the church taught you still seems good and right, keep it. If not, reject it. And if it seems neutral, your preference is good enough. And if it later seems that something you rejected was good after all, you can always put it back in your moral toolkit.
The truth is, no one can avoid responsibility for their own morality. Putting your morals in the hands of a god or church is itself a moral decision the person making it is responsible for. Your morals always, ultimately, come down to what YOU believe is right or wrong; even if what you think is right is doing whatever a priest tells you (what could go wrong?).
The truth is, no one can avoid responsibility for their own morality. Putting your morals in the hands of a god or church is itself a moral decision the person making it is responsible for. Your morals always, ultimately, come down to what YOU believe is right or wrong; even if what you think is right is doing whatever a priest tells you (what could go wrong?).
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
