He is spot on. This is why our country was founded on religious morals, but allowed people to have the freedom not to be, unlike the middle ages.
The idea is that believing something good, having something that everyone can agree is good, helps guide our hands and our feet to making good happen.
It's why the people who loudly proclaim themselves as Atheist (capitalized for emphasis, as this has become a new deity to them) are generally directly in opposition of the values our country was founded on.
Then those Atheists try to point at priests and whatnot who end up in the positions and use that position to commit evil as a reason for why religions are all evil.
They're not. Any religion that can preach peace in the face of opposition, violence, false prophets, cannot be evil.
Even if you do not believe personally -- or even if you find yourself more agnostic and feel like you should respect it in spite of a lack of the proof you're looking for -- if you can at least rationalize and understand that the messaging is good, the morals are worth listening to, you can use that to form a solid moral foundation and accomplish great things.
Rather than directly opposing the flow of the river until it overflows, you can walk alongside it until you reach your destination.
Even if you do not believe personally -- or even if you find yourself more agnostic and feel like you should respect it in spite of a lack of the proof you're looking for -- if you can at least rationalize and understand that the messaging is good, the morals are worth listening to, you can use that to form a solid moral foundation and accomplish great things
Religion is not a necessity for one to have morals. It absolutely has a big influence on how a religious person defines their own moral code, but non-religious people aren't any more or less likely to have morals than anyone else.
It's why the people who loudly proclaim themselves as Atheist (capitalized for emphasis, as this has become a new deity to them) are generally directly in opposition of the values our country was founded on.
I frequently see people say that the US was founded on religious principles, specifically Christianity. But whenever I ask them what those principles are, and how they are exclusive to religion, I never get an answer.
Could you tell me what you think those religious principles are, please? I truly would like to have a civilized conversation about this topic without people getting upset. I'm not saying you're wrong, necessarily. Just that I don't see the topic the way that you do, and I'm trying to understand your view better.
Religion is not a necessity for one to have morals.
I absolutely agree, but the point I was making is that by specifically acting in direct opposition to the religions that have shaped our morals for thousands of years you are more likely to toss those morals away.
You need only look at the people who oppose everything that Christianity stands for no matter how much they debase themselves or everyone and everything around them, because they grew up in a family that thumped them too hard with the Bible.
The "half" of the country that hates Christianity is running around grooming children, getting rid of self agency, and so many other things.
There are other people who are better able to quantify into words what religious morals have guided this country at its foundation, so I'll leave that bit to them.
He is spot on. This is why our country was founded on religious morals, but allowed people to have the freedom not to be, unlike the middle ages.
The idea is that believing something good, having something that everyone can agree is good, helps guide our hands and our feet to making good happen.
It's why the people who loudly proclaim themselves as Atheist (capitalized for emphasis, as this has become a new deity to them) are generally directly in opposition of the values our country was founded on.
Then those Atheists try to point at priests and whatnot who end up in the positions and use that position to commit evil as a reason for why religions are all evil.
They're not. Any religion that can preach peace in the face of opposition, violence, false prophets, cannot be evil.
Even if you do not believe personally -- or even if you find yourself more agnostic and feel like you should respect it in spite of a lack of the proof you're looking for -- if you can at least rationalize and understand that the messaging is good, the morals are worth listening to, you can use that to form a solid moral foundation and accomplish great things.
Rather than directly opposing the flow of the river until it overflows, you can walk alongside it until you reach your destination.
Religion is not a necessity for one to have morals. It absolutely has a big influence on how a religious person defines their own moral code, but non-religious people aren't any more or less likely to have morals than anyone else.
I frequently see people say that the US was founded on religious principles, specifically Christianity. But whenever I ask them what those principles are, and how they are exclusive to religion, I never get an answer.
Could you tell me what you think those religious principles are, please? I truly would like to have a civilized conversation about this topic without people getting upset. I'm not saying you're wrong, necessarily. Just that I don't see the topic the way that you do, and I'm trying to understand your view better.
I absolutely agree, but the point I was making is that by specifically acting in direct opposition to the religions that have shaped our morals for thousands of years you are more likely to toss those morals away.
You need only look at the people who oppose everything that Christianity stands for no matter how much they debase themselves or everyone and everything around them, because they grew up in a family that thumped them too hard with the Bible.
The "half" of the country that hates Christianity is running around grooming children, getting rid of self agency, and so many other things.
There are other people who are better able to quantify into words what religious morals have guided this country at its foundation, so I'll leave that bit to them.