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Can there be no morality without God?
It is simply impossible for people to be moral without religion or God. Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong. The question of whether or not morality requires religion is both topical and ancient.
Can life have meaning without God?
Without God, life has no meaning because we’re tiny specks existing for a short time in an immense, long lived universe. We could be as big as the universe and yet our lives still be meaningless; similarly, if our lives are not meaningless, it’s hard to see why becoming smaller per se would render them so.
Why does morality not exist?
Morality does not exist because, if it did exist, it would have to be a set of universal, categorical commands that are overriding in force. But there is no such set of commands. There are merely the non-universal categorical commands of each society, commands that do not override our (considered) desires.
What will happen to society without morality?
Without such rules people would not be able to live amongst other humans. People could not make plans, could not leave their belongings behind them wherever they went. We would not know who to trust and what to expect from others. Civilized, social life would not be possible.
Can you be a moral person and not be religious?
Secular morality is the aspect of philosophy that deals with morality outside of religious traditions. Modern examples include humanism, freethinking, and most versions of consequentialism. Additional philosophies with ancient roots include those such as skepticism and virtue ethics.
Does morality depend on religion?
Though religion may depend on morality, and even develop alongside morality, morality does not necessarily depend upon religion, despite some making “an almost automatic assumption” to this effect. Divine Command Theory equates morality to adherence to authoritative commands in a holy book.