(June 15, 2015 at 8:31 pm)Simon Moon Wrote:(June 15, 2015 at 8:25 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Thanks for the answer!
I'd actually argue that it was always immoral to kill people for the reasons you stated above. I don't think morals change. I guess in the OT times people thought it was ok, so it was considered ok by society, but I believe objectively it was always immoral.
I do think it is important to ask ourselves why we believe what we believe about morality and not just blindly follow a certain path just because our religion tells us to. It is important to understand *why* it does.
How about when Yahweh ordered Moses to slaughter all the Midianites, except to keep the virgins for themselves?
Moral or not?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
