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In reply to the discussion: New research: Raising children without religion may be a better alternative. [View all]Hosnon
(7,800 posts)77. I think it's the other way around.
Religions used our evolved sense of morality, including the Golden Rule, as a starting point.
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New research: Raising children without religion may be a better alternative. [View all]
1monster
Feb 2015
OP
I was raised in the Catholic Church. I went to 13 years of Catholic school.
sundevil2000
Feb 2015
#71
Which makes it a human universal, which makes it inherent morality without religion
bhikkhu
Feb 2015
#22
The Abrahamic religions seem to have been made up as a means of societal control.
Arugula Latte
Feb 2015
#56
Joseph Campbell said that the monothesitic religions were the first to see God as ...
kwassa
Feb 2015
#65
that's exactly where they get lost- expecting divine intervention in their personal lives.
bettyellen
Feb 2015
#88
nope. 2/3 of local congregations (aka "donor families") never show up, but financially support the
bettyellen
Feb 2015
#84
Kids who don't have their heads stuffed full of bullshit have better bullshit filters?
LeftyMom
Feb 2015
#6
If you can believe in a magic man in the sky, you can believe any horseshit. And that's
valerief
Feb 2015
#33
Would you say ALL life on Earth is nothing more than a cosmic anomaly? A coincidence?
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2015
#58
I have a different take on life... More and more, I believe Everything is sentient...
1monster
Feb 2015
#68
we are close in our world view. And whenever I take quizzes it labels me pantheist but
KittyWampus
Feb 2015
#97
You didn't answer the question though. I don't want to make any assumptions. nt
el_bryanto
Feb 2015
#159
On thing about the statistics I found interesting. While it says that atheists are
hughee99
Feb 2015
#48
Not surprised to hear religious types have a hard time with reality....
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2015
#52
"Your post appears to be nothing more than a cheap shot at religious people."
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2015
#113
We've raised our kids in a god-free home and so far they haven't committed any murders
Arugula Latte
Feb 2015
#57
I am an atheist, but I don't think that the golden rule is the single basic moral principle.
Vattel
Feb 2015
#78
the golden rule does not require reciprocity, nor would anyone "want" their needs ignored in
bettyellen
Feb 2015
#87
the empathetic part is about others wishes, so it recognizes that not everyone wants the same things
bettyellen
Feb 2015
#91
LOL, I think it does. It encourages empathy and fairness. So when there is a conflict of interests
bettyellen
Feb 2015
#135
Every Nichiren Buddhist I know strives to show the benefit of Buddhist practice - the child chooses
DesertDiamond
Feb 2015
#90
this is so stupid I can't even believe it. Children SHOULD be able to use their imaginations
KittyWampus
Feb 2015
#94
Religion isn't presented as an exercise in imagination, it's presented as a fact in Sunday School
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#98
Not in my Sunday School classes back when I taught. And the article makes it clear
KittyWampus
Feb 2015
#102
this thread belongs in the religion forum where atheist/theist DU'ers can continue their squabbling
KittyWampus
Feb 2015
#105
Feel free to move it over there if you wish. I found an interesting article and passed it on
1monster
Feb 2015
#122