No system of morals will cover all situations. Better to use rationality and compassion--and the golden rule which itself is based on rationality and compassion.
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Originally Posted by justin
Behaving on Sunday while at church and ignoring the faith on the other 6 days doesn't make one a good person.
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Indeed. My daughter got a dose of Christian compassion in college. She attended Rice University, where the biggest student organization was Campus Crusade for Christ. She overheard someone in her own dorm telling one of his friends, "How can you be friends with <my daughter>, she isn't even a Christian!"
My daughter married into an Italian Catholic family (her husband is a fellow atheist, however), and they know her lack of beliefs and love her for her self and her wonderful relationship with her husband. They wrote their own vows for the wedding (my son officiated and I as notary public validated the union). One of the things my daughter said was something like: in our 7-year relationship, in which we lived in different cities or even countries for 3 years, we spoke every day except 3 days, for at least half an hour. Guess this connects to the thread about successful marriages is a hijack!
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