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The failure of morality : Comments
By Peter Bowden, published 11/8/2021But the conflicts of this time are only the present-day versions of a timeless problem: the inability of the human race to reach a universal agreement of what is the moral.
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There was probably an actual siege of Troy. The Greeks embellished that story by involving gods, goddesses and heroes in that story and making those legends something that should be believed. The city of Athens condemned Socratics to death for preaching impiety to the gods. Likewise Christians have burned people at the stake for doubting that Jesus is the Messiah.
Socrates asked questions such as ‘What is a good life?’ and ‘How do we lead a good life?’ I believe we should try to answer the questions that Socrates put forth. That seems more reasonable to me than accepting religious narratives as real.
When and if we grow up as a society we will realize that what we have told by the Bible are just mainly legends. I was watching a TV program on what scientists have found on the origin of life on earth. Perhaps we will never know for certain because we can’t be sure of the conditions on earth several billion years ago. However, we can be sure that the creation story in the Bible is just another creation story told by tribe people.
Perhaps morality and truth can both be served by ridding ourselves of religion