Religious decline does not equal moral decline, says researcher

Science Daily ^ | January 13, 2016

[sparklite2]

"As religion has declined in Europe there has also been an increase in acceptance of personal autonomy on issues concerning sexuality and family. Each generation is more liberal on these issues than the one before. In contrast, we find no evidence that moral values have become more self-interested or anti-social."

The research also found that religious people are slightly less self-interested on average, but this can largely be accounted for by their age. This is because the average religious person is older than the average nonreligious person, and older people, whenever they were born, are less likely to justify self-interest values.

"Religious faith and worship also makes most difference to morality in the most religious countries. To be effective, religious norms need to be validated by a moral community of other religious friends and family and social and political institutions" concluded Dr Storm.

[Albion Wilde]

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[MNDude]

My first hearing of Chesterton’s fence. I looked it up. Interesting.

[StoneWall Brigade]

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[DiogenesLamp]

My first hearing of Chesterton's fence. I looked it up. Interesting.

Well good. You gave me some new knowledge, and it would appear I have returned the favor. :)

[daniel1212]

Who is defining "moral?" In the UK everything from a welfare state that punishes greater benefits as a result of merit to preachers who preach against sodomy is considered moral?

http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/rvlg_sections/FaithBeliefsandEffects.html#Atheists

Britain and morality - Conservapedia

< No respect, no morals, no trust - welcome to modern Britain ...

[Lera]

They have redefined moral to be what is right in their own eyes.

[Just mythoughts]

“Who are we to judge?”/s

[Elsie]

Religious decline does not equal moral decline, says researcher

Researcher?

Does he(?) have ANY clue where MORALS come from?

[Elsie]

(Recreational sex is a Liberal attitude)

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Song+of+Solomon+1&version=ESV

[sparklite2]

Enlightened self-interest? Ie, don’t hurt me and I won’t hurt you.

[Elsie]

And if you DO get hurt; then what?

[sparklite2]

Do you really need religion to tell you how to respond to injury?

[daniel1212]

the cut flower thesis theorizes that a culture that has been nurtured with religious morals, will continue with them for a while after the country loses the religious belief. But like a flower, that’s cut from it’s nurturing soil, that morality will eventually wither and die. http://www.ourhappyschool.com/philosophy/theistic-ethics-and-cut-flower-thesis

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While atheism can made a good case for (what are basic Biblical) morals on the basis of their proven beneficial effect, and likewise can code software because it serves a worthy purpose, lacking any supreme objective substantive moral standard, morality is whatever seems reasonable to the atheist, and thus atheism can and does justify warring against basic Biblical morals, and create and or use instruments to do so, just as false religion has.

[daniel1212]

“Who are we to judge?”/s

Another Protestant pope!

[Elsie]

I thought we were talking from were morals arrive.

One person’s injury is another’s pleasure.

[Elsie]

If someone is amoral and he searches for anything other than the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?