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re: Can you teach a child morality without religion?
Posted on 10/31/18 at 1:50 pm to LandPhil
Posted on 10/31/18 at 1:50 pm to LandPhil
A better question is that without religion can you forgive yourself? In other words, you better live a moral life if you aren’t religious, because you only get one shot at sleeping at night...if you give a frick who you are.
I think you just tell your child it’s easier to believe in religion.
I think you just tell your child it’s easier to believe in religion.
This post was edited on 10/31/18 at 1:52 pm
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Posted on 10/31/18 at 3:28 pm to Gaston
I believe there are downsides to basing morality within religion. The first is the impetus of divine punishment. The whole "God is watching" thing. It creates a false motivator. So now the child is doing something nice because of fear of retribution and not because he's come to understand that it's the "right" thing. The second, as you brought up, is forgiveness. Especially as a Catholic. Why should I live a moral life if I can simply confess and be absolved? That sounds like a recipe for sociopathy.
The basis of morality is empathy, which is also the foundational tenet of Christianity. But it's not mutually exclusive to religion by any means.
The basis of morality is empathy, which is also the foundational tenet of Christianity. But it's not mutually exclusive to religion by any means.
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