Can you live a moral life without religion?

It is simply impossible for people to be moral without religion or God. Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong. The question of whether or not morality requires religion is both topical and ancient.

How does religion give life purpose?

Religion can be one among many channels to help someone gain a sense of life meaning. For example, Frankl helped people find purpose and meaning in life through helping others to remember their joys, sorrows, sacrifices, and blessings, and thereby bring to mind the meaningfulness of their lives as already lived.

Is it possible to be moral without religion?

Yes, they can be. Morality is a biological function of social species and even of species that aren’t of the social variety. To say someone can’t be moral without religion is like saying that if you do not read the Bible, then you will go out and kill people at will.

What is the relationship between religion and morality?

The concepts of religion and morality are very closely intertwined with each other. As one delves deeper and deeper within the tenets of religion, their interconnection goes on becoming so apparent that they are seldom thought to possess an ability to stand alone, and separate from one another.

Does religion give us a moral compass?

Paraphrasing Katherine Hepburn in The African Queen, religion allows us to rise above that wicked old mother nature, handing us a moral compass. In the United States, where the conservative right argues that we should turn to religion for moral insights and inspiration, the gap between government and religion is rapidly diminishing,.

Is there such a thing as real morality?

Without an authoritative source of moral truth, morality is not real. I have read atheist attempts to define some sort of morality, but in the end, it amounts to creating a definition of the word which is meaningless or is simply ethics dressed up to look like morality. What is the basis for saying that rape is “wrong”?