Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God.
There has to be some kind of order and some moral code. I don't know how people can function without a belief in a deity.
Without ethics, man has no future. This is to say, mankind without them cannot be itself. Ethics determine choices and actions and suggest difficult priorities.
I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.
One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue.
As to gods, I have no way of knowing either that they exist or do not exist, or what they are like.
To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
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