Is religious faith more important than morality?
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This is a loaded question. Was king David moral when he put a woman that he lusted for's husband on the front line in battle to be killed in order to get her? Were the apostles moral when they cursed someone with blindness for lying about a business transaction? Was God immoral for telling Hosea to go and pick "any" prostitue that he wanted to be his wife? Side: Yes
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Being religous does not stop you being a bigot in fact i've met a lot of bigoted religous people hating other people because they follow another religion or just a different version of their own, the Klu Klux Klan were Christians but very bigoted, Westboro Baptist Church hateful bunch of people with no morals but still Christian. Let me get this straight being against Homosexuality is bigoted unless your religous? Wow thats fucked, its bigoted irrelevant of the excuse your using and why does using religion as an excuse make you better than someone who just thinks homosexuality is "yucky". Side: No
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Eh, good point. Isn't the westboro baptist chrch the church that sings "Gods hates the world and all her people" even though most Christians say that Jesus loves everyone? Okay, I can be a bigot, It's not really that I think I am beter the homosexuals, it's how I think they are "yucky". Bigot or not I have the right to my opinion! Side: Yes
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No it is not. Faith comes down to your beliefs. Morality determines your actions and your interactions with others. Some people rely on their religious faith as a foundation for living a moral life. But many non-religious people also live moral lives. So religious faith is not necessary to be a moral person. I would say that morality, or how to differentiate right from wrong and act accordingly, is more important. Side: No
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In my opinion, being a moral person trumps being religious. Anybody can be "religious." Jeffery Dahmer was baptized and considered himself a Christian, does that mean he is going to heaven? In my opinion God would rather you be a moral person, and live an honest, compassionate life, rather than claim to be religious while sinning. Even if you have never been to Church. Side: No
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Being moral means being able to discern from right and wrong. Being religious means being faithful and following the 'commandments' of the religion. Both are equally important actually but none is more important than the other. Without morality, a person would follow the religion blindly. Side: No
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