Hello I have this hypothesis that I want to discuss along with you people.
Hypotheses.
"There is no right and wrong without God"
Human society can't dictate what is right and wrong without keeping god in context.
The topic is open to everyone religious/non religious.
Very interesting topic.
"There is no right and wrong without God"
As a former atheist I would expand this by saying,
There is no morality without religion. There is no truth without belief.
Our existence on this planet isn't just material but spiritual as well. Animals are beings of material impulses. Humans are more complicated. We need matrial things to survive but we need validation for our existence. Say a prisoner in jail who gets washed clothes and 3 meals a day isn't a fulfilled person. Fulfillment can only come from a validation both in society and inside that person's mind.
Validation is a reaffirmation of righteous acts. For example a thief who steals money for a living may engage in acts that proves his righteousness to not just himself but society in order to get validation. We can say giving money to poor is a righteous act but how do we define it. There is no objective logic in giving money to poor. Infact its anti-logic. Yet we act aginst objectivity to be righteous.
Righteous is a concept in morality. This is right that is wrong comes from our moral compass. However just like animals humans too can become an impulsive creature that may lose sense of morality. Or such impulses may point moral compass in different direction for different person. How do we know what I think is right is also what you think. In such scenario everyone chases their own impulses and fabric of society can't exist.
So what we need is a universal moral policy that is understood by everyone and agreed by everyone. This comes from a universal philosophy that creates rules of what is acceptable and what isn't. A moral guidence provider.
In every civilization this guidance comes from religion.
Religion isn't just realisation of higher power (God) but rather a way of coexisting with rules of that higher power (God). Religion is clear about right and wrong. What is acceptable and what isn't. There is no ambiguity of impulsive mind of humans. This realisation of higher authority gives higher purpose to humans to not just live but to transcend beyond their natural animalistic impulses for a higher, a more noble purpose than oneself.
There are stict rules and regulations for followers in religion. Such as fasts, celibacy, sacrifice, etc. All to reach a person to control his or her impulses. However to have this control over human life there must be a comman
belief in truth of religion. Belief is something the truth that is needed to prove one's righteousness.
There is lot of discussion in this form regarding western degeneracy. Where does it come from? How can a society accept sexualization of their children? The answer is lack of belief in higher truth. They have caved into their animalistic impulses where difference between right and wrong depends on everyone's personal interpretation.
Eg.
A crack-head would say: "I think its right thing to do drugs, if you don't think its right then don't do it." in absence of a universal moral compass, you can't stop them or even argue because your interpretation is only limited to yourself. In a religious society person can say you can't do drugs because our religion doesn't allow. Here you see a universal moral compass. Here you have an argument and even a reason to stop them from their immoral act.
You said
Human society can't dictate what is right and wrong without keeping god in context.
I agree with you as concept of a higher power (God) is extremely important to form a society. If we just let everyone live in their own impulses that would create a friction among opposing views and the society will be destroyed.
