Originally Posted by Vasu
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Like I said earlier, most of morality today is because of religion, but that doesn't mean morality is completely dependent on religion. It can be practised just as well without a deity, as I showed.
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I don't concede that point. I think it's a chicken/egg situation. I think the rudimentary ethics were in place before the idea of a deity was constructed in order to codify the morality. The thought of all humans having similar social instincts is much more plausible than being inspired by a multitude of deities. We've always used stories to explain what we can't understand. I don't see why a sense of right and wrong would be any different.