Morality of Doubt
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Nilloc James
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Why would doubting a religious proposition be immoral? Is it immoral or moral to stone your wife on her father's doorstep if she is not a virgin on your wedding night, as commanded in Deuteronomy? Is it immoral not to kill infidels if prescribed in a fatwa by a Muslim cleric? Is it immoral to kill my son for working on the Sabbath?
When one believes their morality is prescribed by religious dogma is the time that true evil is possible. Why do I know this? Because religion has done evil things throughout the centuries in the name of God.
When one believes their morality is prescribed by religious dogma is the time that true evil is possible. Why do I know this? Because religion has done evil things throughout the centuries in the name of God.
My mind is my own church--Thomas Paine
Science adjusts its view based on what is observed but faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.
Science adjusts its view based on what is observed but faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.
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My answer to this question is very straight-forward. But to best illustrate it I must ask a another question first.
Is dishonesty immoral? It is immoral to be dishonest and lie, or to be less then truthful and sincere?
My answer to my question is yes. It would indeed be immoral to be dishonest, insincere, or to be less than truthful and lie.
Therefore if a person has a genuine sincere honest and truthful doubt about religious propositions, then they would be acting immorally to pretend that they don't have this doubt.
Therefore I conclude that it cannot be immoral to honestly and sincerely doubt, or even outright question and totally disbelieve any religious claims, propositions, or doctrines.
I would need to become an immoral person to pretentiously believe in Christianity, for example, because in truth I can't see where it makes any sense at all, and I more than merely doubt its truth, I'm actually totally convinced that it has no merit at all.
To pretend otherwise would be dishonest and therefore immoral.
Is dishonesty immoral? It is immoral to be dishonest and lie, or to be less then truthful and sincere?
My answer to my question is yes. It would indeed be immoral to be dishonest, insincere, or to be less than truthful and lie.
Therefore if a person has a genuine sincere honest and truthful doubt about religious propositions, then they would be acting immorally to pretend that they don't have this doubt.
Therefore I conclude that it cannot be immoral to honestly and sincerely doubt, or even outright question and totally disbelieve any religious claims, propositions, or doctrines.
I would need to become an immoral person to pretentiously believe in Christianity, for example, because in truth I can't see where it makes any sense at all, and I more than merely doubt its truth, I'm actually totally convinced that it has no merit at all.
To pretend otherwise would be dishonest and therefore immoral.
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Spiritual Growth - A person's continual assessment
of how well they believe they are doing
relative to what they believe a personal God expects of them.
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Re: Morality of Doubt
Post #4As there's no universal "doubt law" it would depend on whom you ask.Nilloc James wrote: Is doubting the truth of a religous proposition immoral to do?
Some likely believe that any belief that's not theirs is immoral. For me, it's only immoral to doubt if you accept it's immoral. Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with it.
