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Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making?

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RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making?

April 15, 2013 at 7:35 pm

(April 15, 2013 at 6:04 pm)festive1 Wrote: How can you research the effects of religion on morality, without considering the immoral acts perpetrated by religious organizations? You're only looking at a piece of the puzzle, not the entire picture.

Because, by definition, when jesus freaks commit atrocities they are not atrocities but instruments of divine justice.

Quote:With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

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Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by pathos - April 15, 2013 at 9:14 am

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by archangle - April 15, 2013 at 9:19 am

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by KichigaiNeko - April 15, 2013 at 9:22 am

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by pathos - April 15, 2013 at 9:26 am

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by KichigaiNeko - April 15, 2013 at 9:43 am

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by archangle - April 15, 2013 at 11:24 am

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by Neo-Scholastic - April 15, 2013 at 9:24 am

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by pathos - April 15, 2013 at 9:36 am

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by KichigaiNeko - April 15, 2013 at 9:41 am

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RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by KichigaiNeko - April 15, 2013 at 9:48 am

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by pathos - April 15, 2013 at 9:56 am

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RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by pathos - April 15, 2013 at 9:41 am

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RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by pathos - April 15, 2013 at 10:07 am

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RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by Minimalist - April 15, 2013 at 5:39 pm

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by festive1 - April 15, 2013 at 6:04 pm

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by Minimalist - April 15, 2013 at 7:35 pm

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RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by Jackalope - April 15, 2013 at 11:02 pm

RE: Do religious beliefs actually have any significant bearing on moral decision making? - by festive1 - April 15, 2013 at 8:34 pm

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