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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Mar 15 15:14:03 2011, in response to Re: Liberals ARE smarter than conservatives., posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Mar 15 15:02:42 2011. You said the basis for western morality was the Ten Commandments, a Biblical passage. But "western morality" traces its roots to a great many things, including Judeo-Christian concepts of right and wrong. Morality also changes over time, and Biblical or other religious beliefs have nothing to do with that. For example, it was once seen as morally correct by Southern plantation owners to continue the institution of slavery. They even used Scripture to justify it. But as times changed, so did social mores, ultimately resulting in war and the end of chattel slavery in the United States. Interestingly, Christian morality was cited by both Abolitionists and slaveowners to justify their sides of the issue. But President Lincoln got it right when he declared that slavery was fundamentally antithetical to the morals of a thinking, educated american public, regardless of religion. |
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