[Cultural Jihad]

Nonetheless, “religious-based morality” is preferred over societal enforcement of “rules.” The reason is common sense. In the former, the motivation to comply with society’s behavior requirements is internally driven and constant. However, for the latter, to effect the necessary behavior restrictions requires the external use of society’s police presence to enforce the basic “rules.”

Exactly. We need much more than mere human laws in order to have a functioning, healthy society. The law cannot compel compassion. The law cannot force anyone to stop and help another. We should be encouraging those virtuous mindsets which foster life, happiness, and self-reliance, while discouraging those of vice which foster their opposites.

[tpaine]

--- a significant amount of "religion-based morality" is actually self-serving rules for promoting the survival of the religion and the individuals operating the religion. However, this does not negate the fact that the basic rules for society survival are found within most "religious-based morality" teachings.

Nonetheless, "religious-based morality" is preferred over societal enforcement of "rules." The reason is common sense. In the former, the motivation to comply with society's behavior requirements is internally driven and constant. However, for the latter, to effect the necessary behavior restrictions requires the external use of society's police presence to enforce the basic "rules."
147 -Abogado-


Exactly. We need much more than mere human laws in order to have a functioning, healthy society. The law cannot compel compassion. The law cannot force anyone to stop and help another. We should be encouraging those virtuous mindsets which foster life, happiness, and self-reliance, while discouraging those of vice which foster their opposites.
148 -cj-
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Good grief. You two are openly advocating the subverting of our constitutional law in order to foster a theocratic based state, and to 'force one to stop and help another'.
- In other words, socialism.