RE: As a nonreligious person, where do you get your moral guidance?
October 16, 2022 at 12:33 pm
(This post was last modified: October 16, 2022 at 12:37 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 16, 2022 at 11:54 am)Jehanne Wrote:(October 16, 2022 at 11:34 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: A religious belief must be a moral belief, whereas a moral belief has no such requirement.
The belief in transubstantiation, a religious belief, is not necessarily a moral belief.
-a superstition. One of my favorite kinds. Ritual magic. However, the ritual magic was invented to serve a moral need of nourishing our souls and connecting us with the divine, without which (it's asserted/believed/proposed), our lives will be degraded. Missives on how to handle (and the proper respect or mindset for) magical objects and the product of rituals is also a normative belief, yes. Thought to be indicative of bad character but also, commonly, believed to negatively impact the performance of the objects , as well.
If you wipe your ass with the cracker and piss in the cup...will it still ward off bad juju?
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