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Never understood what drives people to make that link of religion causing ethics.
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easy tiger, i personally believe that if someone wants to screw someone else over, they'll do so regardless of their religion or lack of it -- "religion it seems does not prevent that to be, and never has prevented it, but often enflamed and assisted it." -- i'm with you there
like i said, just being the devil's advocate.
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Without religious dogma - we would have a far better, ethically more intact world
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maybe, but this is assuming that without religion, everyone will be automatically "ethically intact" -- i just wanted to know your thoughts on the idea that sometimes, religion can act as a moral "brake" and make someone act more ethically than they would have otherwise. or in other words, without religion, what's the drive that cause people to act "good?" does spirituality have to have some aspect of "good will be rewarded, evil will be punished" to make people respect each other?
sorry, i've not had any formal philosophical training, so my point may not be getting across as precisely as i would like...