| Re: Can an Atheist be Moral? [message #3371 is a reply to message #2826] |
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Dragon
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The definition of morality in man's dictionary has changed in the last 200 years. At the times of the founding fathers, when our founding documents were written, morality was defined as following the Natural Law, which Natural Law is so named because it was assumed all reasonable people could agree upon it. This Natural Law, and thus the laws of the United States, was based upon the two great commandments which encompass all the others. Love God, and love your neighbor. This is why witnesses swore on the Bible, to show they believed in it. For many years Atheists could not give testimony in the courts of the United States because they were not moral. That did not mean they weren't good people. It did not mean they ignored the rules of society. It meant they did not accept the two basic principles upon which the Natural Law is based.
It seems to me the definition of morality was changed to separate it from God. But the original definition of morality is inextricably interwoven with a belief in God as the foundation of a just society. The idea that our laws are more than what the majority of the population can agree upon is at the heart of our Government. Yes, it has been tainted, twisted, torn, and ignored. But when this great land declared independence, the people relied on God to help them in setting up the laws of society. Thus a moral person was one who acknowledged the laws upon which society was built. Not the Constitution or a list of rules in the Sheriff's office, but laws of loving God and loving your neighbor. If you do not believe those laws are at the heart of our government, as it was originally established, then you are not moral. That was the definition of the day. Today's definition is designed to avoid offending anyone. That is something I am not afraid of doing.
- Dragon
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