(June 16, 2015 at 1:02 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Like I said, unless we were brainwashed or have a mental disorder, I think we all instinctively know what is moral and what is immoral. We all know why it is immoral to hurt other people. Christianity reafirms that this is immoral, and helps me understand *why* it is. If Christianity taught that torturing children is good, for example, it would completely go against my gut instinct and I would never give it a second thought..
Two thoughts: For one, you've now reduced morality to what you feel in your gut. Christianity- or at least the version of it you accept- aligns with what you instinctively feel to be moral, and therefore you accept it. Do you think there's anything substantive behind your instincts in this regard, like actual reasons to support those instincts? For example, do you think murder is immoral because of the aversion you have to it, or can you supply pragmatic reasons for why that aversion might exist in the first place?
Secondly, you've said twice now that your religion helps you to understand why certain things are moral and immoral: care to share that why with the class?
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