Is it possible for man to live a moral life without religion?

by Assassin~ Badass Buzz Guru Posted 2012/06/02 14:41:20

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	yes	210 votes	89%
	no	26 votes	11%

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deleteyourmind6 2012/06/21 00:19:08

yes

Morality is in the eye of the beholder, anyways.. There is no true definition to right and wrong, because everyone has a different view.

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Captain Bacon 2012/06/14 12:36:08

yes

Of course......Don't need man's mad up BS.....To live a ethical life.......

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Vinny 2012/06/14 00:39:04
Vision of Verve 2012/06/14 00:15:31
Mechelle 2012/06/13 22:36:16

yes

Why not? A lot of people I know that are not religious, live more moral lives than some Christians I know. It's all about living a life of kindness and love and doing what is right.

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KilrQueen 2012/06/13 22:05:22 (edited)

yes

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Everyone has a fundamental understanding of what is right and what is wrong. So, yes, I think man could live morally without religion. Now do I think we should get rid of religion....nope, there are too many people in this world that need something to believe in and it helps them to live their lives.

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Anna 2012/06/13 22:02:10

yes

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I've met more moral atheists and agnostics then I have moral religious folk. Not say I've ever met amoral atheists or moral religious people though. Every group has its good and bad.

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Suni 2012/06/13 21:58:37

yes

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yes, i believe that it is.

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ziad 2012/06/13 21:54:44

no

You are in my opinion, of course not

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Swan Eshdeh 2012/06/13 21:50:26

no

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i believe there a chance but i believe a presence of religion control that better !

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dvd 2012/06/07 18:36:27
Pronatalist Pronatalist 2012/06/06 13:46:07

yes

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Yes, but not very likely.

But we still need Jesus as our Lord and Savior, and to repent of our sins.

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Barefooted Nana ∞ijm♥∞AFCL 2012/06/06 03:11:48

yes

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I am spiritual, religion is man's dogma.

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Centuri... to Barefoo... 2012/06/06 15:51:24

+2
Understood perfectly.

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Barefoo... to Centuri... 2012/06/06 18:03:47

+2
Thank you Centurion

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Centuri... to Barefoo... 2012/06/06 20:02:22

+2

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Barefoo... to Centuri... 2012/06/06 20:06:22

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Exactly!

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Gothamjedi311 \m/ 2012/06/06 01:46:15

yes

$Gothamjedi311 \m/$

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but I think it's my "FAITH" in Mankind as a "Good People" that makes me "Believe" that. \m/

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chrisjay 2012/06/05 14:54:14

yes

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Without Religion? Yes. Without Religious principles? No

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elijahin24 2012/06/04 19:16:15

yes

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I actually find it FAR easier to be moral, since I stopped believing in God. I am no longer doing what I think is right, because I'm afraid of some celestial father-figure, spanking me. I also don't do them out of a selfish desire to be rewarded with an eternity of telling God how awesome he is.
I do what I think is right because I think it's right, because it makes the world a better place. I feel good about it, because I know I did it for the right reasons, and not because I felt that I had to.

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Ron 2012/06/03 18:44:13

yes

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I call it ethical rather than moral but it is certainly possible.

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gottahotti4metotti1bbe.g 2012/06/03 18:02:31

yes

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religion is moral belief sytems passed on from generation to generation through the medium of bible, koran etc

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Dickens 2012/06/03 17:34:24

yes

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...I don't think a moral life is possible WITH the injection of religion into it...religions are based on control, bigotry and hate, none of which I find particularly moral...

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firebird 2012/06/03 17:33:35

yes

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indeed but religion does help.

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joe ramirez 2012/06/03 17:00:03

yes

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The bible is full of great examples of good men and women that lived good moral lives and are a testament to us today. People today want to excuse themselves for not living a good clean life or they want to justify the way they live by trying to degrade those who live a good clean moral life.

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Scott Ross 2012/06/03 15:33:48

yes

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of course you learn your morals from your parents.

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pammerjammer 2012/06/03 15:11:38

yes

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I believe so.

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TheVynne 2012/06/03 14:31:44

yes

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Of course.

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FELINE GESTURES IN THE DARK 2012/06/03 13:32:12

yes

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Yes , of course , but still I am a believer .

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xxxoooxxx to FELINE ... 2012/06/11 12:11:54

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Thanks for that. That was a good open-minded thing to say. I don't meet many believers who will concede that one can live a decent moral life without religion. Kudos.

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FELINE ... to xxxoooxxx 2012/06/11 12:39:29

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I am a very strong believer & all my best friends have been from atheists . Strange . Now when I think . They always respected me . I don't remember one single time with a smallest discussion . We made jokes to each other's way of beliefs but we never hurt each other .

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Playerazzi 2012/06/03 13:31:59

no

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Because what is one man's morals is another man's evil, and vice versa.

There is no way to state an absolute morality unless you use some sort of supernatural-based belief system that claims it is above and beyond mankind.

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Muskoka to Playerazzi 2012/06/03 17:54:56

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Morality is not supernatural it is a function of the brain and is necessary for all social creatures. The fact that is can be changed easily is proof that it is not given to us form anything other than our own inner being.

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Playerazzi to Muskoka 2012/06/04 09:04:38

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So, what's "moral" and "right"?

Today it can be one thing, and tomorrow another altogether.

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Muskoka to Playerazzi 2012/06/11 05:55:56

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Very true and it has changed over the history of time. It is not a true concept at all.

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Playerazzi to Muskoka 2012/06/11 10:38:30

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So, according to this, there is no "absolute" morality?

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Muskoka to Playerazzi 2012/06/12 01:02:49

No there is not.

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Playerazzi to Muskoka 2012/06/12 05:21:17

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Got it.

That means, for example, that it was OK that alcohol was illegal during Prohibition? That is, it would be moral, as that was the morality at the time?

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Muskoka to Playerazzi 2012/06/17 12:24:12

According to the people who believed so at the time it was.

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Playerazzi to Muskoka 2012/06/17 12:30:51

So, what is moral or immoral for us today, may not have been years ago, and may again change in years hence?

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