Phi 103 - Morals Case

Kawana Waters

PHI 103

Can one be moral and not believe in God

Michele Clearman-Warner

July 10, 2012

I. Introduction

A. Many people believe that they can be moral and not believe in God. So many people view God as a myth. Others feel that they do not need God in their life to live their life. People feel that there is no such thing as living right. By following the rules they have set for themselves. There are many who do believe that God exists, compared to other individuals who do not think so. Life can be complicated when there is no sense of guidance. We cannot judge what beliefs each person has about God, but we have to live life as to how we each believe and live it to the fullest, whether it is a bad way or a good way of life till the day that we die.

II. Differences between a moral person and a believer of God

A. Fundamentalists claim that all of society's ills-everything from AIDS to out of wedlock pregnancies-are the result of a breakdown in morality and that this breakdown is due to a decline in the belief of God (Schick, 1995).

B. Some believers feel that this is due to the decision of the banning of prayer in the classroom. Also some parents' choose to let their children do whatever they want to do and many teens want to have unprotected sex to see what it feels like and think it is an act of love when it turns out to be lust and the girl is left with a disease or child without the support of the father who helped to make the baby.

C. Morality is based on if the person can decide for themselves who created the earth. How can one determine who created the heaven and the earth, if it was not God? One has to decide for themselves who God is. One's morals can be mixed up due to how people teach about God. Some preachers do not even teach that God exist because they cannot see him.

III. Be moral and not believe in God

A. The nature of moral facts and how we apprehend them is a matter of debate among moral realists and a number of positions can all be plausibly seen as realist about matters of reality (Kaufman, 1992).

B. Understandings of justification by faith, good deeds towards others, are justified by people who use their faith as justification for their actions. Religion has a set of moral teachings and values to be held when conducting business of living. One should treat others the way that they would want to be treated, whom they will marry, jobs that they may hold, how they dress, and the foods that they may eat.

C. Many court rulings have chosen that the government may not promote or give any special privileges to any religion. Financial aid for religious