Religion is socially-derived too.
Christianity was invented in violent times tho. Even the New Testament thinks its OK to torture people for all eternity for wrongthink.
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The position of the soul in a thought of afterlife is kind of a strawman with what we are speaking of as it relates to ethics today.
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I don't know what you mean? It's literally true in Christian scriptures and theology & was held to be true for most of Christian history.
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We speak of ethical guidelines here as it relates to interhuman ethics and social interaction, not afterlife metaphysical.
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You might be. I am talking about ethics generally. What people think is right and wrong. A lot of Christianity doesn't sit well with us now.
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I suppose i see it in cycles, those things valued by modern society, many ancient societies did as well. For me it sits well still.
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Does it tho? Does the crucifixion sacrifice make ethical sense now? Sacrificing your child. An innocent dying = justice?
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Would you really justify eternal torture for me because I don't believe what you do? Usually compassionate Christians don't think abt that
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They are drawn to the nice bits & if they think abt hell for non-believers, they think that God is good so no good people will suffer.
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