Some questions taken from Plato's Death of Socrates. Some from Six Questions of Socrates by Christopher Phillips.
What is it to be pious?
Does it pervert religious piety to go against God to serve Him greater? I myself am an atheist, but I ask all participating to take the hypothetical that the Christian God is real. For the sake of the inquiry
What benefit does God receive from piety and pious acts (ceremonies, sacrifices, ect)?
What benefit does the pious person get from being pious? Like in South Korea, there are Confucian groups that are very heavy on filial piety. But what, besides necessities, does the son get from being pious towards his father? This question is to be taken secularly. I am not asking what benefit does one get from being religiously pious.
Six Socratic Questions: Question #2: What is Peity?
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Six Socratic Questions: Question #2: What is Peity?
Post #1[font=Georgia]The wisest knowledge is knowing you know nothing - Socrates
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Reputable or not, he has the right to speak. Reputable or not, we can criticize him.[/font]
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Gratification of some sort?[color=green]JoshB[/color] wrote:What benefit does God receive from piety and pious acts (ceremonies, sacrifices, ect)?
An ego boost?
I see no reason for a perfect deity to necessitate piety from his creations.
Gratification of some sort, an ego boost and a feeling of superiority over those less pious or not at all.[color=orange]JoshB[/color] wrote:What benefit does the pious person get from being pious?
I'm not a psychologist, but that's my guess.
