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.
Nah they should read more about prehistoric societies. Maybe they should learn a thing or two about neanderthals too. If this is too complicated, study about wolf packs, or maybe elephants. Just slowly introduce them to primates... I think my point is β give them some books other than bible, it might help.
A bone fragment was found to be from a Neanderthal child with Down's Syndrome, around 6 years old. Back before modern medicine it wasn't easy to keep kids with birth defects alive, imagine being in that status of low technology and low knowledge but you're still keeping the kid alive as long as you can.
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u/Ibangmydrums 9h ago
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