RE: Good and Evil
May 4, 2015 at 2:27 am
(This post was last modified: May 4, 2015 at 2:28 am by Jericho.)
Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, huh? Twenty points.
I completely agree that the main point for the creation of religion was for order. Other reasons range from people wanting to believe in an afterlife to people coming up with supernatural explanations to the unknown. In terms of the Vikings, they would still have died in battle like regular people. However, I do not think they would have sought death and war so eagerly if they didn't see dying as glorious and honorable (since they believed in Valhalla).
I agree with your opinion on what keeps atheists from doing whatever they want. That isn't to say that none do, since everyone is capable of doing what they want, no matter their religion. But yes, most people don't do things that they view as bad, which is mainly due to law and what is accepted in society.
Ethics can be changed, sure. Though it would take quite some time for them to be changed on a large scale. Take for instance, the fact that we live in a world where, in most places, it is wrong to kill. Sure, there could come a time where it is socially acceptable to kill (though unlikely). But that change would take a very long time to take affect in everyone's minds.
I completely agree that the main point for the creation of religion was for order. Other reasons range from people wanting to believe in an afterlife to people coming up with supernatural explanations to the unknown. In terms of the Vikings, they would still have died in battle like regular people. However, I do not think they would have sought death and war so eagerly if they didn't see dying as glorious and honorable (since they believed in Valhalla).
I agree with your opinion on what keeps atheists from doing whatever they want. That isn't to say that none do, since everyone is capable of doing what they want, no matter their religion. But yes, most people don't do things that they view as bad, which is mainly due to law and what is accepted in society.
Ethics can be changed, sure. Though it would take quite some time for them to be changed on a large scale. Take for instance, the fact that we live in a world where, in most places, it is wrong to kill. Sure, there could come a time where it is socially acceptable to kill (though unlikely). But that change would take a very long time to take affect in everyone's minds.
