Morality_Can_Exist_Without_Religion

Morality Can Exist Without Religion For many years, numerous individuals have debated the fiery issue of the relationship between morality and religion. Greek mythology is riveted with myths about superhuman gods who controlled everything from nature to enforcement of people’s behaviors. In cultures across the world, people are accustomed to the idea that every organization or institution has someone or something in authority and every rule is imposed by an enforcer. The expectation is that every thing has a higher power in control. Religious people find it difficult to accept the concept that morality is possible without the guidance of a higher, supernatural being. In the pages that follow, an argument will be made proving that one can have morality that is not based in religion. Before it can be determined if one has morals, one has to know exactly what morals are. Webster defines morals as “having the ability to decipher between right and wrong.” Fittro (Fittro, Family & Comsuner Science) defines the “good” characteristics of moral people as honest, trustworthy, responsible, loving, respectful, self-disciplined, fair, empathetic, forgiving, and service oriented, just to name a few. Having a moral code is defined as evaluating morals, religion, children, people, religious, one, moral, world, religions, behavior, society, rules, based, right, good, development, child, without, supernatural, morality, immoral, environment, being, wrong, must, god, each, community, women, through, teachings, practice, man, human, homosexuality