acrionx opened this issue on Oct 05, 2010 · 394 posts
moogal posted Fri, 08 October 2010 at 2:45 PM
Quote - Just one question :does anyone believe I am from a lower moral ,because I don't believe in god and look at the bible as an historical document among many others?
I would have no way of knowing your morals, so I would have to look at your actions. If I claimed to be a muslim or a jew, you would at least have a way of determining what my moral code is supposed to be. It would then be up to you to determine if my actions seemed consistent with my beliefs.
It has always been a problem that person "A" may claim a "better" set of moral beliefs than person "B" and still be the worse person of the two. Especially in cases of people abandoning their "truer" or "higher" code specifically when dealing with people of a perceived lesser tradition. (This is m,ay be accompanied by the labeling of said group as "savage", "barbarian", or "beast-like")