Morality with or without God

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Rev. Bret

Orthodox religious traditions put God at the center of piety and morality. The moral impulse of liberal religion puts at its center a belief in human goodness. We believe that the “angels of our better nature” can confront and defeat evil in the world. Ours is a morality that requires action and community, not faith in the supernatural. Decoupling morality from personal belief can be tricky business, but worth our attention and toil.

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One Response to Morality with or without God

  1. Paul Maurice Martin says:
    February 21, 2008 at 11:08 am

    And is it even necessary to believe in general human goodness to live well oneself? When I look at the state of the world and the overall doings of my species, I’m not prepared to call it one way or another – whether my species on the whole is good or on the whole not good enough to last long on this planet.

    But it doesn’t matter to my own course of action.