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Everyone gets their morals from education/nurture.
You don't get them because you follow a certain religion, but because your environment follows a certain religion and this highlights certain morals.
Also, culture is very important.
Now, if I got my morals from christianity, and there's an american christian I know, this would mean we'd have the same morals?
Not likely, because there are tiny cultural differences.
So, religion does have its influence, but it doesn't create morals. It just highlights them.
Morals can find their ground in simple sociobiology too.
Like the prisoners dilemma.
I'm not saying that all our morality is based on our own gain though, but I believe this has initially started the whole morals thing.
You don't get them because you follow a certain religion, but because your environment follows a certain religion and this highlights certain morals.
Also, culture is very important.
Now, if I got my morals from christianity, and there's an american christian I know, this would mean we'd have the same morals?
Not likely, because there are tiny cultural differences.
So, religion does have its influence, but it doesn't create morals. It just highlights them.
Morals can find their ground in simple sociobiology too.
Like the prisoners dilemma.
I'm not saying that all our morality is based on our own gain though, but I believe this has initially started the whole morals thing.