Ok now I think things have really gotten overblown on here…and I am misunderstood. I think without religion it is freedom to choose your own moral code not based on religion or the laws of the country. What do I mean by that? Examples:
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Ok in religion and the laws of the country doing drugs can be seen as immoral and breaking the law. My moral code is I am an athiest who feels drugs should be legalized so I have no problem breaking the law by doing drugs. So I make up my own moral code it is ok to do drugs even if im breaking the law because I disagree with the law.
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I think prostitution should be legalized. It is in other countries after all. I see nothing wrong with it as long a woman isn’t be forced into it. A lot of free agents out. So it is considered in religion as immoral and in society as breaking the law, but I hire prostitutes(escorts) anyway because I think it should be legalized and according to my own moral code see nothing wrong with it.
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Sometimes in the long run you do good by harming others:
A) A bully at a school needs to be helped by being harmed and taught a lesson. Beating the bully up will do him good in the long run because your teaching him a lesson.B) Killing someone is considered harming them and evil in religions and against the law in countries… but what about a doctor doing a mercy killing for a cancer victim in so much pain he doesn’t want to live. He begs for an end to his suffering so the doctor takes him out of his misery and kills him. The doctor is doing good by harming another…in the long run the dying man with cancer will be better off his suffering will end. Mercy killings by doctors often seen as evil in religon and against the law I see as morally good and act of kindness.
c) Killing someone because they suffer from severe depression and no longer wish to live… is this wrong? If someone truly wants to die is it wrong for him to be able to go to a clinic where he signs a paper and a doctor administers the fatal shot? Often seen as morally wrong in religion and against the law… I see as good an act of mercy and you are doing good in the long run by harming another.
d) Is suicide morally wrong? I don’t think so. Many religions say people will go to hell for committing murder against themselves. I think people should have the right to choose when they want to live and when they want to die. Religion makes people die by suffering an agonizing death, if you take the easy way out and commit suicide your going to burn in hell. Religion says people who commit suicide are bad awful people, I don’t think so.
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It is considered in some religions as morally wrong and considered a crime in some countries to have more than one wife…while in others its perfectly acceptable. I honestly see nothing wrong with it. I don’t see anything wrong with married to multiple partners or open marriages.
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Marrying a 15-16 year old girl some would say is immoral and against the law without parents consent…but in the south many years ago it was common for girls to marry young… things have changed and this seems by in religion and in laws as wrong. It can be legal but the girl has to go through all this parent consent nonsense. One of my favorite songs is “Into the Night” by Benny Mardones.
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It is seen as murder in religion and against the law in some places for a pregnant woman to have an abortion. I honestly see nothing wrong with it, a woman should have the right to choose. According to my own morals I see abortion as morally good. If it is against the law where a woman wants it, I see nothing wrong with someone breaking the law anyway because I disagree with the law.
This is what I mean by I do not have religion or the laws of the country choose my morals. I make my own moral code. If I don’t agree with the laws of country on some things I break them.