Moral Society

[Phil_Marinus]

Religion creates A Moral Society,
Remove Religion from Society
and you removes Morals…
Do you think this is always true ?
In other words, Would Humanity have progressed beyond the Tribal hunter-gatherers
without a Religious influence.?

 

[MidnightSun12]

I think it holds true for Christianity that once it has been introduced into a society, to abandon Christ would spell doom for that society… to those whom much is given, even more will be expected. For the western world to turn it’s back on Christianity, after having been given access to the Truth, means that there will be serious consequences… The only question is when the sun will set.

That said, for societies that were never given the benefit of embracing Christianity, I think it’s necessary for these societies to obey the precepts of natural law (of which, all human beings have an understanding). For example, Imperial China lasted for a very long time without any significant Christian influence, but at the same there was still a moral code that was upheld.

 

[Cadian]

Religion creates A Moral Society,
Remove Religion from Society
and you removes Morals…
Do you think this is always true ?
In other words, Would Humanity have progressed beyond the Tribal hunter-gatherers
without a Religious influence.?

I believe St. John Vianney said (paraphrased):

“Without God humans will worship animals.”

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

As far as I know, there has never been a non-religious society. This phenomenon of widespread secularism is relatively new. So that suggests that morals are closely related to religion.

The western secularists of today forget that they have essentially kept the Christian moral code but without God in it. So for me that doesn’t count as a religion-free society and we can’t learn from this example whether a moral society can exist when separated from religion.

 

[Phil_Marinus]

Thank you all for your contribution on this Topic… I think it is a meaningful topic which I would like to see further opinion.