(June 30, 2013 at 8:02 pm)Maelstrom Wrote:(June 30, 2013 at 7:54 pm)Inigo Wrote: No. I am saying that real moral instructions would have to be the instructions of a powerful supernatural agent of some kind.
Finally, I understand what you are stating. You would be wrong, of course. Morality, as FallentoReason has already stated, arose through evolution as a means of survival. It is anthropologically sound. There needs to be nothing divine behind anything in this world, for anything can be explained naturally. For those things we have yet to explain, however, claiming a higher power is behind it is mere intellectual laziness.
But it is believed religion was necessary in early cultures as a means of survival, so that people with self-interests would work towards the common goal...that worked well until they encountered cultures with different faiths.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
