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What substitutes for religions ?

What substitutes for religions ?


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You ought specify what we're talking about.

Moral codes? Community? The Universe?

- Virtue, deontological or consequentialist ethics.
- Civic groups.
- Cosmology.
 
You ought specify what we're talking about.

Moral codes? Community? The Universe?

- Virtue, deontological or consequentialist ethics.
- Civic groups.
- Cosmology.

religions and god
 
at a moment in your life you may be questioning what will happen to you or why you are here

That doesn't require religion, nor a substitute there for. A little philosophy, a bit of metaphysics; that's the most necessary.
 
That doesn't require religion, nor a substitute there for. A little philosophy, a bit of metaphysics; that's the most necessary.

chocolate is good but you dont thank to WHO gave it to you....

welcome to the club
 
The way you asked the question, probably Science and Philosophy.
 
Culture and Philosophy, something you didn't put in your poll.

This is the case in Europe. Culture and philosphy has replaced religion. It is a spring of good fortune and progress ,but also a source of problem in regards to the more nefarious elements that have made their way into our society.
 
chocolate is good but you dont thank to WHO gave it to you....

welcome to the club

I know who. A company. Employing jerks to make chocolate and then sell it to me at profit.
 
Culture and Philosophy, something you didn't put in your poll.

This is the case in Europe. Culture and philosphy has replaced religion. It is a spring of good fortune and progress ,but also a source of problem in regards to the more nefarious elements that have made their way into our society.

read again.l put both of them in the poll
 
religions and god
But religions are all-encompassing these days. As I indicated in my previous post, three examples off the top of my head of religion's scope are personal moral codes, communities and the theory of "existence." So a theist who becomes non-religious could replace his "religion" in a number of ways. He could replace his religious morals with a virtue-based ethical code; join a civic group like Rotary instead of a weekly prayer session and instead rely on cosmology (the science of the origins of the universe) instead of fairy tales.

And given that no god talks to anyone or has any material effect upon the world, the concept doesn't need to be replaced by anything.
 
I know who. A company. Employing jerks to make chocolate and then sell it to me at profit.

many atheists materialists still keep looking for some answers for the question marks in their minds.why we are here ,fear of loneliness,what will happen to me afterdeath etc...do you think they have inner serenity ?thats why you mentioned metaphysics
 
many atheists materialists still keep looking for some answers for the question marks in their minds.why we are here ,fear of loneliness,what will happen to me afterdeath etc...do you think they have inner serenity ?thats why you mentioned metaphysics

Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy dealing with innate morality. Why should it be avoided?
 
But religions are all-encompassing these days. As I indicated in my previous post, three examples off the top of my head of religion's scope are personal moral codes, communities and the theory of "existence." So a theist who becomes non-religious could replace his "religion" in a number of ways. He could replace his religious morals with a virtue-based ethical code; join a civic group like Rotary instead of a weekly prayer session and instead rely on cosmology (the science of the origins of the universe) instead of fairy tales.

And given that no god talks to anyone or has any material effect upon the world, the concept doesn't need to be replaced by anything.

virtue ethics is a part of religions although many believers ignore it
 
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Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy dealing with innate morality. Why should it be avoided?

not morality takes its source from the religions.on the contary as you know religions arised from the morality. during our evolutional period humans developed their own moral system.it means we may easily claim universal ethics is the most important part of these religions.
 
Aye, but you can have similarly secular virtue ethics. Aristotle's was.

respecting the parents ,not lying ,not being greedy ,not stealing ,not killing are secular too :2razz:
 
many atheists materialists still keep looking for some answers for the question marks in their minds.why we are here ,fear of loneliness,what will happen to me afterdeath etc...do you think they have inner serenity ?thats why you mentioned metaphysics
Yes, of course. Humans question. That what makes us different; we will never have a full "answer" for every possible question asked.

That doesn't mean that atheists don't have peace. I have "inner serenity" myself, I would say. I know why I'm here and what will happen to me after death. I may not like it -- e.g., having an awareness of existence is certainly preferable to the nonexistence in death -- but that's not an ongoing internal conflict or concern of mine.
 
I do not know that religion need substituting but I would guess personally I have a lot of interest in politics, music and art. But as an atheist I do not feel that anything in my life is a substitute for religion. Maybe people who are religious at some point see that differently but I cannot say that for those people.
 
That doesn't require religion, nor a substitute there for. A little philosophy, a bit of metaphysics; that's the most necessary.

:) That was one of the answers in the poll. :)
 
Usually it's politics.
 
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