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Originally Posted by NotConvinced But you don't have to have religion to achieve said higher morals, it's just an "easy way out." | Where do those morals come from?
What do you mean by "morals"?
Why is religion even inherently tied to morals?
What do you mean by "religion"? |
Where do my morals come from? From philophical conclusions reached in my head.
By morals, I mean a personal set of ethics, principles or habits with respect to right or wrong conduct.
I believe religion is inherently tied to morals because of the history of religion itself. I believe religion is based on a fear death, thus the creation of an afterlife is central to most all religion. They then create a way to achieve said afterlife, through the way you live your life, thus the morals. Those religions that didn't fit such a model, were over time weeded out.
By religion, I refer to the organized "biggies," Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism.
I also reserve the right to modify my definitions of morals and religion as I see fit. They aren't historically simple definitions.