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Old 1st September 2012, 19:39   #16
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See, codes of ethics won't assert that religion is wrong, especially since some of the material that they contain came from religions. I'm the same way. I have no way of proving that God, Jesus, Allah, Buddha, etc. exist, yet I have no way of proving they don't exist. Therefore I just work with what I do know exists without claiming to know what I don't know. Those that work this way can still be productive and ethical.

A lot of lessons taught by religions can be very good, but some can be bad too. I like to take everything that is presented before me and evaluate what seems to help people and what seems to harm people. For example, some of the Bible teaches one to love your neighbor as you love yourself. Good. Leviticus forbids homosexuality and tattoos. Why is that such a bad thing? Neither harms or threatens me as a non-tattoo straight person at all.

To assert laws, rules, ethics, or morals, I feel there should be evidence of harm done when not followed before putting into place. Otherwise live and let live, religion or not.

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