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8 Responses to “What difference does attending church make to good ethical decision making?”

1. 
   Chilli, on January 1st, 2012 at 10:59 pm Said:

   It apparently does not make a difference. Just look at the unethical things that church-going politicians do.

2. 
   Rockadayjohnny, on January 1st, 2012 at 11:31 pm Said:

   The Church teaches proactive compassion and charity.
   I haven’t noticed any atheist organization helping out in Haiti, Japan, etc.

3. 
   Tony Riko, on January 1st, 2012 at 11:36 pm Said:

   Nope. Some of the most ethically immature people in the world still go to church. Anyone can put up a front for 2 hours for mass. It’s like taking a horse to a trough but you can’t make them drink, and sometimes the trough is poisonous.

   @rockaday: http://givingaid.richarddawkins.net/ woops, there goes your point :3

4. 
   Catlover, on January 1st, 2012 at 11:52 pm Said:

   no
   Christians don’t get their morals from the bible
   the bible condones stoning adulterers and those who work on Sunday

   and it says that women shouldn’t be able to speak in church (Corinthians 14:34-35
   Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says. And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.)

   and in Genesis 19:6 to 19:9 Lot, a man who was well liked by god, offered his daughters to be raped in order to protect the men in his house
   and no part of the bible says that what he did was wrong
   the bible (and religion in general) is a horrible basis for morals

5. 
   Jesus is Lord!, on January 2nd, 2012 at 12:48 am Said:

   at the least it should make you more moral than you were before you found Christ and that is the point. there are probably some atheists that are more moral than many Christians.

6. 
   runswithwerewolves, on January 2nd, 2012 at 12:56 am Said:

   it can help you overcome issues and help you make better decisions because they offer suggestions and sayings and such. they relate it to Jesus and God, but even if you dont believe in a God it can help anyway.

7. 
   CC, on January 2nd, 2012 at 1:00 am Said:

   Taking into account the various lurid sexual escapades of various preachers, church may not be a positive influence for good ethics.

8. 
   A is for Atheist, on January 2nd, 2012 at 1:33 am Said:

   Ethics and morals develop in society via Normative Ethical Theories such as Utilitarianism–which means doing what is right for the overall good–no gods are required. In fact, morality based on the bible has resulted in women being abused for centuries, and many killed in the name of god, so it is not a moral standard by any stretch of the imagination.