RE: From where come your morals?
April 26, 2015 at 12:00 am
(This post was last modified: April 26, 2015 at 12:03 am by Jenny A.)
(April 16, 2015 at 9:57 pm)Polaris Wrote: Family, society, a bit of self, and the last bit from the Bible in recent years.
Mind you, the Bible has had a lot of impact on the secular laws of my society as well to the point it may even be hard to actually distinguish where one inspiration begins and the other ends.
I can see why you might think so, but I think you are wrong about that. Let's take the ten commandments for example.
Quote:Thou shalt have no other gods before me;
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image;
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain;
Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.
The secular laws here prohibit making any of those laws:
Quote:Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion . .
Unless we are talking about laws prohibiting elder abuse, this one doesn't get much legislational play:
Quote:Honor thy father and they mother. fact, laws prohibiting child abuse appear to be the primary legal concern.Actually laws prohibiting child abuse appear to be the primary legal concern.
Quote:Thou shalt not murder.
Don't know of a society that doesn't prohibit that one.
Quote:Thou shalt not commit adulteryThis one is only still on the books in a few states. But thou shalt not rape, even within a marriage, is. Oh, but wait that's one where the Bible punishes the victim.
Quote:Thou shalt not steal.
Find me a society no matter how secular where stealing isn't a crime.
Quote:Thou shalt not bring false witness against thy neighbor.Do it under oath and it's a crime. Do it more casually and perhaps you might get sued for liable.
Quote:Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.Though crimes are frowned upon here. A good thing too.
Thous shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife servants animals or anything else.
I'm trying to come up with a law that is constitutional, but also specifically Christian (as opposed to accepted by most societies) and failing. Prohibitions against gay marriage, abortion, or birth control perhaps, though those are mercifully falling by the wayside.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.