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Thread #132816   Message #3012195
Posted By: Ed T
21-Oct-10 - 10:37 AM
Thread Name: BS: The 'moral' Atheist?
Subject: RE: BS: The 'moral' Atheist?
Individual moral and ethical code may differ depending what one believes and the religious organization they are linked to....and where you live.

There are certainly differences throughout the world what societies and religions see as ethical and moral behaviour. In some societies, religion has a major impact. In other societies, religion has minimal impact. (Consider punshment like stoning, whiping or the removal of hands or fingers for crime and social laws that favour one sex over another).

There are also conflists with what a religion teaches as moral behavour and what a society code says is correct moral behaviour...though most societies make room for religious differences.

One current example might be some religions impose a belief that giving blood to a church member is forbidden...even if it is a child who faces death without the blood. Generally speaking,(IMO), most members of Christian society, would currently see this as wrong.

Different religious and social views on abortion and having more than one spouse are other examples.