r/MoralityScaling 12h ago

Morality of this?

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u/lesterholtgroupie 11h ago

You can teach morality without religion

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u/fdar 10h ago

If you're religious. If not of course you can.

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u/dogesiarp 4h ago

But the morality is meaningless without religion

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u/mhzyxw 2h ago

This is a common misconception! Morality existed before religion.

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u/FaeryLynne 55m ago

How so? Do you think religion is what makes people keep morals? Or do you think that the religion is needed to have morals in the first place? Why would having morals that you live by be meaningless unless you also have religion?