To believe that human morality, even the highest and most substantial, is in no way dependent on religion, or necessarily linked to it, is a fallacy. — Rafaella Leon
There has never been a “secular civilization”. — Rafaella Leon
The atheists morality is only good because their conduct schematically — and externally — coincides with what the principles of religion demand, that is, that the very possibility of good lay conduct was created and sedimented by a long religious tradition whose moral rules, once absorbed in the body of society, began to function more or less automatically. — Rafaella Leon
morality comes from religions — Rafaella Leon
What do you mean by this statement? — Restitutor
To believe that human morality, even the highest and most substantial, is in no way dependent on religion, or necessarily linked to it, is a fallacy. — Rafaella Leon
ll civilizations were born from original religious outbreaks. — Rafaella Leon
There has never been a “secular civilization” — Rafaella Leon
For an atheist, there is not even the concept of truth, in the end everything is relative to them — Rafaella Leon
all “secular morals” are just an excerpt from previous religious moral codes — Rafaella Leon
The atheists morality is only good because their conduct schematically — and externally — coincides with what the principles of religion demand, that is, that the very possibility of good lay conduct was created and sedimented by a long religious tradition whose moral rules, once absorbed in the body of society, began to function more or less automatically. — Rafaella Leon
since all morality comes from religions, and they do not believe in an objective transcendent power — Rafaella Leon
People who are religious will normally, at least to some extent under-gird their moral structure with their religion. — Restitutor
For me the idea of absolute morality that extends beyond what is self-serving is as unlikely as there being a white bearded god out there. I think that atheists carry on believing in absolute morality because the idea of morality is so emotionally and practically important to us. For these reasons we overlook the fact it doesn’t make intellectual sense. — Restitutor
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