The point is murder. Religion have not much to do , the point is to obey the commandment , and if there is a commandment there is a giver of the commandment , the giver is an entity ( God ) . A believer believes God who see our action and know our intent . A secular does not have that cast, he can hide its action from others and can act at his will, if there are not other observers. ( Remember murder is something premeditated ) In our daily life as an example we break our traffics laws provided there is no police to pull us in.( this is a minor offence ) Murder is different I grant you there are many secular people who are law obedient and respect life, perhap even more than some religious.
Yep, Hitler could be in Heaven right now, while Anne Frank would be in Hell. Nice system you got there.
The religious injunction against murder seems fragile, depending as it does on the existence of God, for which there is no evidence only faith. Thus, secular reasons not to murder are more powerful, since they are based on appeals to social order and natural compassion. Also, that means if God says you should murder, it becomes a duty (thou shall not suffer a witch to live... If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death.)
The laws, and the injunctions that came with them, only applied to Hebrews. It was okay to kill other tribes. You could kill your slaves.
If you killed your slave immediately, that could be punished. But if they died two days later, that wasn't your fault. Which brings up another point. Even if you think religious laws against murder are good for society, you still get all the other laws and customs, many of which are widely considered immoral today.
Yeah, but my point stands, you could kill human beings in your household and it wouldn't be against the laws if you met the right conditions.
You could rape a woman too, as long as you married her, or had the silver to pay her father. But yeah, secularism is soooo bad.
i don't understand this logic and what 'nature' are you referring to? the one here?! killing is number one. have you ever watched a nature show or looked around in your backyard?
yes, it's true that people are not true transparent holograms where you can see their real thoughts, beliefs, motives etc nor their internal organs. all you can concretely implement is law. with religion, anyone can claim to be or believe in anything. the problem is to be religious is that there is anything under the sun to advocate as it's also in the texts which makes it even harder to know if the muslim or christian or buddhist next to you believes what you do. even if there is no religion people will do as they want unless there are repercussions or threat of it. nothing works unless it's enforced and religion by itself is not enough. it's like leaving your car and house unlocked and hoping your fellow citizens are good people. you mean there has to be some medium or basis to teach ethics to society.
There is no raping among married couple, She or he should hold on as a bargaining chip or a punishment tool,know your marriage obligation ( contract )
How do you know? He said to the Jews " I will bring you from the 4 corners of the world into the land I give you " It took over 2000 years
There is no rape among married couples, since the woman in the bible is considered a man's property, so consent is never an issue. It's just ignored.
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And there's no murder between religious enemies, because God told them to do it. Kill your son? Well, maybe God said so, so it's not wrong. Kill your neighbor? Maybe God told you to kill him because he's a nonbeliever. Religion gives you all the cover you need to do any sort of immoral act.