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Originally Posted by antikristuseke
But it is the people who do that, not the religion. Their motivations may be religious, but religions are not sentient beings ordering anyone to do anything.
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Wrong. Relgions may not be being, but ideologies, but they order very well what people have to do and what not. That kind of commanding people is whzat defines religion. you obey, than you are a beoiever, you do not, than you are a heretic or an infidel. Obedience is the essence of religion.
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Religion is just a convenient excuse to do either good or bad.
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No, that are morals.
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And yes, I do concider morals relative, hell, everything is relative, there are no real absolutes.
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but still morals are not all of the same relative value. There are morals being more valuable than others, and since moral standards (and relgions) also define cultural standards, cultures also are not all of the same relative value - some are more humane and "good" than others. For example "do not do to others what you do not want to be done to you" is not really of the same moral standard and value like "obey, don't ask", or "it is acceptable to whip or kill a woman if she was disobedient to you, or got raped."