[Crimson Dynamo]

Problem is religious people think that its the religion telling them to love they neighbour and be kind etc

meanwhile everyone else just does that as it is common sense.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Problem is religious people think that its the religion telling them to love they neighbour and be kind etc

meanwhile everyone else just does that as it is common sense.

Yeah, I'm not bashing religion here, people can believe whatever they want but I do dislike it when people act like if it weren't for religion people would have been incapable of treating eachother right

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah, I'm not bashing religion here, people can believe whatever they want but I do dislike it when people act like if it weren't for religion people would have been incapable of treating eachother right

Indeed, the Celtic culture or chinese had worked out all the morality the bible threw up long before Christianity arrived

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Indeed, the Celtic culture or chinese had worked out all the morality the bible threw up long before Christianity arrived

Not guilty LT - I've already stated that 'Man has an intrinsic Moral Code'. How it got there is the $64.000 question.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Not guilty LT - I've already stated that 'Man has an intrinsic Moral Code'. How it got there is the $64.000 question.

Our behavoirs are learned and honed through natural selection. Time + the ability to survive, breed and pass on our DNA

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Indeed, the Celtic culture or chinese had worked out all the morality the bible threw up long before Christianity arrived

So no crime of any type existed in ancient Chinese and Celtic cultures?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

So no crime of any type existed in ancient Chinese and Celtic cultures?

How did you get that from LTs post? Crime has and always will exist unfortunately, religion or no religion

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

How did you get that from LTs post? Crime has and always will exist unfortunately, religion or no religion

Sorry Niamh, I thought LT was saying that these ancient cultures had 'worked out' as in 'solved' ie, no more immoral behaviour (crime being immoral, therefore no crime).

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Sorry Niamh, I thought LT was saying that these ancient cultures had 'worked out' as in 'solved' ie, no more immoral behaviour (crime being immoral, therefore no crime).

What I got from his post was that people were "moral" before religion/God told us we should be