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Quote by: Moustache which church are you talking about here? orthodox christianity for example has refused to change its values since its beggining. |
Thank you for demonstrating that most insidious of religious falsehoods, that morality and values come from religion alone. As incredible as it may seem, I am an atheist, and I have deeply held moral values, thank you very much.
If you've ever studied anthropology, you'll be surprised to find that most societal mores spring from the needs of any particular society, and their religious values spring from those needs. As it turns out, the needs of most human societies are fairly consistant with the rest, thus universal admonitions not to murder, lie, steal, cheat, destabilize families through adultery, etc. It's when you get to the little details that things get iffy. Admonitions against eating pork or cutting beards may have served a useful purpose at some point, but not today. Slavery would be a big 'little detail' that has been revisited with time. And, of course, some societies adjust their values to changing times better than others.
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