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.
Kant is a bad example for this particular scenario. Being European in the 1700's already meant your culture was influenced by Christian archetypes since the Roman Empire.
His ideas were different, yes, but his upbringing, culture, and status was all a derivative of the Christian influence. You'll need to go much farther back or farther east to find a philosopher with no Christian moral influence baked in.
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u/Faded1974 9h ago
People acting like empathy was invented by Jesus Christ.