Thread: What makes morality moral?

Originally Posted by psychology student

I have influence at Oxford, so watch your mouth.

I don't believe this. You simply don't seem intelligent enough.

Aha but then again you probably don't mean the university and you probably don't mean through educational means. Got it.

Too early, I found out I have half an hour more.

Originally Posted by psychology student

Too early, I found out I have half an hour more.

ok so respond to sandform.

Originally Posted by psychology student

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its not violence, its boxing.

Toma toe tomato, it's still something...heh.

I'll be in the shower for a few minutes...be back later.

Originally Posted by Sandform

Because you asked "whose" standards. You may not believe in a actual religion god, and rather just the idea that a god exists. If a random god exists from no religion, then the standards are mute because he would not impart morals.

However since this thread is revolving around a god who imparts morals...

"whose standards?"

Though shalt not kill.

Its alright to kill when <insert the many reasons he says>

Love thy neighbor.

Hate they neighbor.

Standards always change.

If you are a christian, then lets run into the standards that changed when Jesus showed up.

Meanwhile other religions have rules that were created by the religion (and thus says so) and not the gods...

Hold on..... Christians believe in Jesus' morality..... has Jesus' morality changed?

well he is (sandform) showering apparently?

Jesus morality is inconsistent, thus it does "change" given circumstance. By circumstance I mean when it suits them.

Also, God morality is the ultimate in christian morality, thus when Jesus came down and said things that were not in the same scheme as god's word, then he changed things. Even though Jesus said he came not to change god's word but only to add to it.

Originally Posted by psychology student

Hold on..... Christians believe in Jesus' morality..... has Jesus' morality changed?

well he is (sandform) showering apparently?

Jesus said some rather nasty things also.

Originally Posted by R.D.735

There is also the problem of how one distinguishes a hypothetical God from a hypothetical Devil. Assuming that morality is handed down by some higher power, how is the earthly mortal to tell whether the being he obeys is a benevolent entity or a malevolent one? If humans must judge the commands of a supernatural entity to determine the entity's benevolence, they must already possess knowledge of morality to make such a judgment.

I'd like an answer to this.