No, I do not believe I could deduce from their religiousity whether or not they had a proper sense of morality. I think it has little or no bearing on their morality. I believe that's a myth perpetuated by religious people against people who are not religious. I think your morality is tied more towards your capacity for empathy.
On 7/21/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zaph, all you've given are a few examples of exceptions to the rule. > > The question to answer is this: If you meet a deeply religious person on the > street, do you think their strong beliefs make it more likely or less likely > that the person has a proper sense of morality? > > On 7/21/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't think religion keeps one's moral compass any more straight > > than without religion. Aren't the terrorists very religious? How > > much more religious can you get than a catholic priest? I knew some > > people who attended church and bible study regularly, but had no > > qualms about filling up all of their personal cars on in addition to > > the business car on the business card. The "Christians aren't > > perfect, they're just forgiven" bumper sticker really brings it home > > to me. I really don't think they're trying to be perfect, or even > > christian most of the time. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211652 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
