No, this is pan-cultural. All humans seek not to be hurt or oppressed and to have food, shelter, be healthy & have choices in life.
That is an argument for it. Obviously, if arguments against it show it does have different consequences than abstinence, need to reevaluate
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Re: Who says? Everyone gets to say. Explain your premise and make your argument. You don't get to say for everyone and neither do I.
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Mostly we'll agree tho if you go by Christ's teachings because he was quite humanist. In the form of the Son. Not in the form of the Father.
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No, it comes from our moral emotions. Present more strongly in Ancient Greece and also in Hinduism. Christ didn't centre humans as much
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I study Christian history too. The West owes a lot to Augustine & his ethics came from a mixture of Christianity & Greek philosophy.
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Ideas like brotherly love & caring for the sick & poor certainly didn't begin with Christianity. It adopted them like many other religions.
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