Does faith = religion?

Nietzche - hmmm....

Lash, I still don't agree, though it's an interesting angle.

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DAMMIT!!!!!

Would everybody give their definition or an example of amoral??? This is bugging me.

Where are you people?

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Good idea, Lash! Don't we already have some examples and definitions?

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<Was hoping to see what other people thought, since we are at a stalemate--not trying to convince...just like to know what other people think... >

Thought-provoking questions on this thread.

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"Amoral" is a rather technical word meaning "unrelated to morality." When you mean to denounce someone's behavior, call it "immoral."

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Amoral (the first syllable rhymes with day), means "above, beyond, or apart from moral consideration," and "neither moral nor immoral." Immoral means "not in conformity with the moral code of behavior, not moral."

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The amoral person is unaware of morality, while the immoral person actively transgresses against it. Babies are amoral, while politicians are all too often immoral.

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Nonmoral actions or events: those areas of interest where moral categories cannot be applied

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Immoral actions or events: those areas of interest where moral categories do apply and of are such a kind as to be evil, sinful, or wrong according to some code or theory of ethics.

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Amoral actions or events: those areas of interest exhibiting indifference to and not abiding by the moral rules or codes of society.

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"Amoral" in dictionaries is sometimes defined with reference to value-free situations (neither moral nor immoral).

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"Amoral" is also used (in philosophy) in contrast to nonmoral and immoral. This area would include nonintentional (but not necessarily unintentional) actions.

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I agree, Lash, I started this to try and figure out exactly what I thought. It's been interesting.

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It's kinda like trying to distinguish atheist and agnostic, when you get into amoral and immoral. They're quite distinct concepts, but people aren't always familiar with them.

That was a great reference, littlek. I especially like the bit about babies being amoral. It helps clarify the term.

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I guess because morality is at it's basis, individual (I think), it's never going to be exactly the same to everyone? Or should it be defined exactly for everyone?

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Morality is culturally relative.

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Lash wrote:

You can go to church and not have faith, and you can have faith and not go to church...

Very well put. This is how I feel on the subject as well. I am not a Christian, or belong to any other organized religion as such. I do not go to a "church", but I feel a connection to something greater than myself. Call it "God" if you like. It's just a matter of what label you put on it.

I have had no personal experience, but I have "faith" that "life" continues after what we call "death". Is that religious? I don't think so.

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does faith equal religion
I personally am not a religious person, I was born into Judaism but I do not practice the religion nor do I believe in it. As of right now my definition of what religion is is not clear. There are just so many different ideas which go into religion not including all the different types of religions that there are. I do think however that I have faith. To me faith is something everyone has to have to live. Faith is the life energy that keeps us going. Without having faith to encourage us we cannot be motivated to do whatever it is we are to do. For example I am about to graduate highschool and go to college I have faith that college will lead me to the right direction as to where I want to take my life in the future. Without this faith college would seem pointless to me.
I wish I had a more clear understand of what religion is because then maybe I could answer the question in a more clear way. But what I have learned in religion class is that the problem with religion these days, especially western religion is that religion has become a name, something one defines. But its original meaning was suppose to be something each person experiances and feels. Which is why perhaps at this time I dont believe in a religion because I haven't had any religious experiances or feelings within me.