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If morality only comes from the Judeo-Christian God...?
If that is the case as I've heard asserted tonight, and otherwise, that the God of Israel is the one and only source of moral behavior and law; why then is the evidence overwhelming that all the civilizations contemporaneous with and pre-dating to the Israelite civilization contained a moral code? If as you say that "morality comes from Judeo-Christian values" why do we have Hammurabi's Code, The Egyptian Book of the dead, and evidence of moral codes in ancient Persia, Africa in the form of the Neubians, and Mesoamerica dating back as far as 1000 BCE (or B.C. for you that prefer)? Why were all these people able to figure out that one shouldn't rape, steal and murder without the help of the God of Israel, and yet you assert that Atheists have no basis for morality because it can only come from God? Also, were the Israelites wandering the desert with Moses, prior to recieving God's law, under the impression that murder was OK?
Public Comments
- Buddy, dont break their ego like that unless you like being condemned to hell just for you to remind them that they cannot judge nor condemn!
- I dont know who stated that comment but it is indeed in accurate Morality did not just suddenly appear with Judeo-Christian debut in the world
- Sadly, they will say their god was eternal and therefore was there then instead of looking at the facts.
- God of Abraham predates all the moral codes you have mentioned. Obviously Adam and Eve as well as their children looking forward in time to the coming Messiah already knew the idea that only a perfect sacrifice can take away human sin. Hence Abel's sacrifice, as well as Noah's. Later on the elaborate sacrificial system was codified under Moses, yet it predates Abraham. The 10 Commandments as well as the Mosaic law were given to highlight human sin in preparation for the coming Messiah. You can also approach morality from a different angle. Even without any formal moral code, you inherently know that malicious actions are simply wrong. If you disagree, try to smile the next time someone tries to trip you on purpose when you're in a rush to catch a cab. Believe me, you won't need any moral code to tell you whether the other man's actions were good. Having said that, unless you can control your emotions, he better have medical insurance.
- Well put... I got nothin'. Wait, what's a nubian?
- I'm just a dumb blond, but I have been wondering since reading the first morality question directed at atheists, what morality has to do with religion. The market isn't cornered, they don't own all the stock, why would they even begin to think that they do or even pose such a ridiculous and asinine question to anyone? I was sober when I first read, am getting a buz working on drunk and I still do not understand, is it one of those sobering thoughts that you can't get drunk enough to understand? I'm just saying.......
- Morality is nearly universal. The Ten Commandments given to Moses "sealed the deal" between YHWH and his chosen people. Of course, people understood that in order to maintain a civil society, there are certain behaviors that must be deemed immoral. But these two tablets placed in the Ark are the guarantee of the covenant between the Jews and their god. There is no historical evidence that a 40 year exile ever occurred or that a deity landed on a mountain and claimed these people for his/its chosen ones. So I think the whole thing is symbolic at best. .
- The moral codes were spoken to one another before Moses received them from Mt. Sinai. What Moses received was in existence since the beginning of time. Moses received the moral code for the Israelites that just came out of Egypt. They were a stubborn bunch that needed morality to be taught to them. GOD bless
- There is no such thing as a Judeo-Xtian.
