Which god, if you believe in a God, I suppose? I mean, the Caliphate was supposedly God-inspired.
After Immanuel Kant, we can synthesise morality without the need for an external driver, even one as flawed as the sort of petulant infant who destroys its creation in a flood because they are simply too awful, my dear.
I prefer a more concrete symbol of continuity and culture. The Americans have a Constitution which is above their politicians, and exists as a symbol for the nation.
The nation-states that reference God as influence in their polities tend to be of the Saudi Arabian kind, or even the Irish kind, wherein until very recently female reproductive rights were subject to religious opinion.
Post Kant morality can be easily separated from religion or belief in God. Which is why the Vatican put all of Kant's work on the Index Librorum Prohibitum. After all we can't have that, now, can we?
The Church of England is a remarkably secular sort of religion. Her Majesty is the Queen of a fairly secular society. Her personal religion and official religion are thankfully in agreement, but I'd rather her as a unifying symbol than a bunch of priests telling me who to burn or hang or even retrospectively forgive for kiddy-fiddling.
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Date: 11/7/18 08:51 (UTC)After Immanuel Kant, we can synthesise morality without the need for an external driver, even one as flawed as the sort of petulant infant who destroys its creation in a flood because they are simply too awful, my dear.
I prefer a more concrete symbol of continuity and culture. The Americans have a Constitution which is above their politicians, and exists as a symbol for the nation.
The nation-states that reference God as influence in their polities tend to be of the Saudi Arabian kind, or even the Irish kind, wherein until very recently female reproductive rights were subject to religious opinion.
Post Kant morality can be easily separated from religion or belief in God. Which is why the Vatican put all of Kant's work on the Index Librorum Prohibitum. After all we can't have that, now, can we?
The Church of England is a remarkably secular sort of religion. Her Majesty is the Queen of a fairly secular society. Her personal religion and official religion are thankfully in agreement, but I'd rather her as a unifying symbol than a bunch of priests telling me who to burn or hang or even retrospectively forgive for kiddy-fiddling.