Thursday Means UOs!
Apr 24, 2017 12:40:55 GMT -5
Post by emmagk on Apr 24, 2017 12:40:55 GMT -5
i really wanted to leave this alone but i'm feeling all kinds of ways about saying that most people outside of faith based communities don't understand or follow the basic rules of civility.
Since we're talking Christianity lets stick with that faith - the christian church as a whole doesn't exactly have a solid record on social justice
Like infidelity for example. It is against a commandment to commit adultery. It's not illegal, but it's socially thought of as immoral. Most people realize it's wrong to do and won't do it. Is that because of humans innate sense of "right" and "wrong" or is it because religion set the tone for society that cheating/ two party committed relationships are the socially acceptable way to live?
I don't know if I'm making a bit of sense here but I think religions effect on our society is often nuanced and at the same time ingrained. We often don't think about if everyone was an atheist, how our society might be set up differently and how we may not have people "following" these moral norms. To me, religion set the tone for what's acceptable behavior and someone can decide if they want to follow that or not. But I don't think that just "being nice" is something you can completely separate as to whether it's innate or modeled on religious tenets. It's wholly more complicated than that. Kind of a chicken/ egg, which came first kind of argument.
Basically i don't care what you believe, i'm just saying don't tell me i can't tell right from wrong or be a good person because i don't believe in Jesus, God, or heaven and hell.*
*all general, not you specifically