#1 = Morality

What is morality to you?

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[UnschoolingEagle]

Morality, to me, seems to be from nature and nurture. I feel humans are not inherently evil, but actually good. True, toddlers may be selfish, but this is a defense mechanism. Also, most people would agree they feel better when they make people happy rather than when they make people sad. If they happen to enjoy others pain, I feel it is from their environment, how they were raised. I should make a video on this lol

[rottencom]

Thank you too, new friend! I appreciate your courtesy.

[kailabreece]

Good thoughts friend. Very interesting. Although I think religion is a farce, I will always support freedom to worship... so long as freedoms do not infringe on others. Thanks so much for sharing.

[rottencom]

Also, to clarify on 'worship' or 'to have' no other gods...In my opinion, it just means to let your soul not yearn for these things. In other words, if you get mad that someone else worships another god, are you to go to war with them and their family? Is this not worship of the god of war, instead of the one who issued the commandment in the first place? It's what you do in your life that shows which god you worshiped. We're slaves either way, it's just a matter of, 'to who'? or 'to what?'

[rottencom]

I would think a more appropriate way to look at "you shall have no OTHER gods before me" would be to look at it in context.  Like, do not worship money, power, fame, or pride or shit like that. Those are other 'gods'. The names of them are almost irrelevant. A variation on your last bit: "it doesn't matter what people believe, it matters what they do!" Here's mine:

It doesn't matter what they call it, it matters what it does ! Haha, and you said no good would come of this...

[rottencom]

Exactly. That's how you interpret it.

[kailabreece]

It means "your" god. The actually 1st commandment to the anglican church is "You shall have no OTHER gods before me." This means, at least how I interpret it, if your neighbor has another god before them, there's a problem...

[rottencom]

I've heard that moral challenges are the most difficult to achieve. From experience, I can admit that this is true. A cat doesn't have a hard time landing on it's feet (unless an outside party is involved). And dogs don't have dilemmas over where to take a piss. Why would it be difficult for humans to do what they are instinctually compelled to do?

[rottencom]

Nah, I don't think it means that. I look at it like He's supposed to be The God of loving your neighbor as yourself, among all other 'good' things, like Truth and Righteousness and Justice. So putting 'God' above all things is inclusive of; and in a way, transcendent of 'love thy neighbor as yourself'. It brings it to a level even beyond this physical world. It's not for your body to hear, it's for your soul (the existence of which, can be argued later). Stop looking at it like "your" god!

[kailabreece]

I don't think it makes sense. I find it divisive. Does it imply that if your neighbor does not love your god, they do not deserve the same "golden" treatment? I can see your point as a relative perspective for a religious person, but at the humanitarian level... what could possibly be more important and more inclusive than the basic "golden rule"?