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mk · 4850 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Founders: Religion, Virtue, and Morality and the Success of the American Nation?
My wife is from China. She has no religion in her upbringing, or that of her parents. She is one of the most kindhearted and considerate people I know. I agree that morality can be rooted in religion, but I know it doesn't need to be. Ethics and morals need not be invented. It is rewarding to live a compassionate life. If you do good, you are surrounded in good. We are all in this boat together. We can make it better, or we can make it worse. IMHO, that can come to any thoughtful and empathetic person.
Oh, absolutely; we should all strive to uphold the tenants of kindness, compassion (not misguided compassion or unintended consequences of good intentions), charity, forgiveness, longsuffering - you know the stuff listed in 1 Corinthians 13 and the definition of love (which I don't believe anyone would take exception to albeit "religious (in the broad sense of the term) or not. I'm so glad to hear it is so with you.