Is religion responsible for human morality?
Is religion responsible for creating our morality, or has religion merely adopted the moralities that were already in existance?
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I think the government is responsible for a lot of our morals, and they get a lot of their morals from religions, so ultimately, yes. But all of that can change with a shift in government ideology. For example, if they were to realize that the drugs that they do allow are more dangerous than a lot of the drugs that they don't allow, then people would eventually grow more tolerant of harmless psychedelics and marijuana. Side: Yes
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I think there was pre-existing morals before the formal development of religion. However, I think that religion provided a way for leaders to write it all down, and keep control of their people. The current rules of the bible, for example, have a lot to do with the time that they were written. For example, the "no sex before marriage" rule, is merely a reflection of the situation back when it was really developed. Because there wasn't birth control yet, having a child before marriage put you at a great economic disadvantage. Another example is infidelity. Because the children of a man inherited all of his property, there needed to be some way to make sure that the children of the woman, were indeed the man's. So those two rules were written down in a book, and the people were told that if they didn't follow them, they would go to hell, because those rules were God's word. Side: No
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