RE: Can anyone give me a example of how religous moral is superior to secular morality
September 7, 2013 at 3:51 am
Most morality it appears to me, is based upon empathy. I can imagine the hurt to the victim of my immoral act and that seems to stop me.
I guess its why people that do not steal from others have less problem fiddling an insurance claim and the like. It harder to empathise with an organisation that with another individual or group of individuals.
I can't think of a single moral position for a religious person that is better, per-say, than that of an atheist - although I think the reverse is fairly easy to argue. Religious people constantly argue that it is the fear of God that keeps them in line. An atheist acts morally simply because it is the right thing to do. In fact many theists try to argue that atheists don't believe do they don't have to face the after-life repercussions of their actions.
Further, the tendency of religious people to ascribe anything that is good about them to God and anything bad to the devil appears to me to be a moral cop-out of the highest order.
All part and parcel of the loathsome features of religion that believers don't even see.....
I guess its why people that do not steal from others have less problem fiddling an insurance claim and the like. It harder to empathise with an organisation that with another individual or group of individuals.
I can't think of a single moral position for a religious person that is better, per-say, than that of an atheist - although I think the reverse is fairly easy to argue. Religious people constantly argue that it is the fear of God that keeps them in line. An atheist acts morally simply because it is the right thing to do. In fact many theists try to argue that atheists don't believe do they don't have to face the after-life repercussions of their actions.
Further, the tendency of religious people to ascribe anything that is good about them to God and anything bad to the devil appears to me to be a moral cop-out of the highest order.
All part and parcel of the loathsome features of religion that believers don't even see.....
