On 3/9/2003 6:40:59 PM, Mary Riggs wrote:
>I have a friend
>who isn't a religious man but
>agrees that we should love thy
>neighbor, honor thy mother and
>father, etc. and without these
>moral strongholds, we as
>humans would be more derelict
>than they are now.
>I tend to agree with him. I
>do believe in God and hold
>these morals close to heart,
>yet were they learned in
>church or from society and my
>experiences in it?

I can honestly say that these things are taught by church and not necessarily from society. It seems to me that the people who have more of a religious conviction and go to church regularly have these morals closer to their heart. Okay, so yes I am in a major feud with my neighbor and no matter how hard I try, I can't love her!

Seriously though, I've been taught these morals in church and when I was going to church actively with strong convictions, those morals came easily. Now that I am not active in any sort of religious organization, it seems more difficult to have those morals.