These sort of stories highlight the fact that without religion, there can be no morality. It is impossible to explain without any religious context why things like rape, murder, stealing, lying and whatnot are indeed wrong.
“These sort of stories highlight the fact that without religion, there can be no morality. It is impossible to explain without any religious context why things like rape, murder, stealing, lying and whatnot are indeed wrong.”
How absurd and vile. They are wrong because they are contrary to the very nature of human beings, the very necessity for them to survive as human beings. The human mind cannot function on lies. A human cannot exist without producing and stealing is a denial of that basic human requirement and must except a lie to violate that truth. It is the very nature of human beings to understand that “pleasure” is the reward for correct choices and pain the consequence of wrong ones. A pleasure enjoyed that is not earned is like stealing, enjoying that which is unearned and undeserved. It is a basic human requirement to know that one is worthy of what one enjoys in life, and must suffer the psychological consequences for attempting to enjoy what is not earned, and consequences of the lie to cover up that guilt.
Perhaps you would not be able to figure out that rape, murder, stealing, lying are wrong, without some authority telling you they are, but truly moral people do not need to be told they are wrong.
What you are implying is that rape, murder, stealing, and lying are only wrong because God said so. If He said they were OK, would they be?
Hank