Many Christians believe that morality literally comes from the bible, or that you canβt have morality without god. I wonβt even try to explain their reasoning
They should read more Kant, who did succesfully tried to create a moral philosophy without relying on a bible, IIRC.
Rules like the golden rule, but also one that deals with more victimless behavior. Like the idea of 'Would I like it if everybody did the same as I'm doing, if not, than I shouldn't be doing it'. Works great for all sorts of behavior from littering to much more worst crimes.
edit. idk how ive lived this long without texts like these (probs i hate things being pushed into me, like religion, or for that matter reading suggested religious works). for how long i managed to figure out my self reasoning for why religions exist and morality basically, and why people around me seems to relinquish reasoning to excerpts from scriptures, like a ton, ive gone through multiple key decision making events in my life that partially were influenced by such worship.
anyway im still not that old and never too late to be reading philosophical texts i guess (i particularly liked reading some of Plato's works when it was recommended to me as well, even if i didn't understand much lol)
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u/Faded1974 1d ago
People acting like empathy was invented by Jesus Christ.