Does anyone know if this quote comes from one of his books? "Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it."
― Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011
I'm asking this because I have been thinking a lot about morality and religion. From my 30 years as a fundie I know their perspective. To them you aren't moral if you aren't religious because morality comes from religion. I'd like to know the atheists perspective. It looks like morality has evolved over time through reason. Religion only enforces a set of moral beliefs. It takes society to push religions to reinterpret their scriptures to reflect what has become common morality. Religion always seems to enforce what was common morality in the recent past.
― Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011
I'm asking this because I have been thinking a lot about morality and religion. From my 30 years as a fundie I know their perspective. To them you aren't moral if you aren't religious because morality comes from religion. I'd like to know the atheists perspective. It looks like morality has evolved over time through reason. Religion only enforces a set of moral beliefs. It takes society to push religions to reinterpret their scriptures to reflect what has become common morality. Religion always seems to enforce what was common morality in the recent past.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
