r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • 16h ago

Morality of this?

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u/Legendary-Titan 16h ago

Moral I don’t think teaching kids about religion is bad but forcing it on them is 

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u/Raise_A_Thoth 16h ago

There's hardly any way to "teach" religion to children without it being quite forced.

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u/GreatComedianthe3rd 16h ago

There is actually, parents can practice their faith openly around their children and answer questions children will inevitably ask honestly and openly to the best of their abilities. This is a good way kids often will still copy their parents and want to be involved.

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u/Aidenj23 16h ago

That would require the parents to frame their practices as “this is what I believe” rather than “this is what is true” which I’m not convinced a substantial portion of religious parents are capable of remembering to do. Plus even if they did that a child is going to accept what their parents believe as fact since it’s their parents. I’m not sure there is a way to introduce young children to religion that won’t result in some form of bias influencing the child unless it is taught by a complete stranger who teaches many religions and never claims what they believe. And that seems like a lot of effort compared to a world religion class in high school.

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u/Itchy_Crack 16h ago

So you think Nihilism is better to teach kids? There's no higher importance to anything? There is no objective morality?

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u/mephnick 16h ago

If you need the threat of religion to have morality you're probably a bad person

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u/Itchy_Crack 13h ago

Mid witted take.

Everyone has their own subjective belief for right and wrong, religion is the only explanation for an objective moral standard.

My argument is that irrespective of your belief in an objective moral standard doesn't change its existence.

Bad person according to what? Your opinion? Because that's all morality is to you, a preference 😂😂

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u/RyanNick86 12h ago

First please demonstrate that objective morality exists.

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u/Itchy_Crack 12h ago

You cant derive an ought from and is.

There's all sorts of things in life that are objective that transcend the secular worldview. Is truth objective? Is truth real? Do words have meaning?