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what is right or wrong in life? does religion decide that?

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  • 7 years ago
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    Right is what you feel no objection from within doing it, and rather would have wanted people witness you doing with no fear of blame.

    Wrong is what you do not feel good inside doing it. Mostly, people like to hide doing something wrong.

    Religion dictates what is allowed and not allowed to do.

    It is like legislative laws. Not everything in life in terms of right & wrong was dictated of course.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    ( BEFORE EVEN READING, I PLEAD YOU TO READ TO COMPLETELY, OTHERWISE YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEANT.)

    To answer that, first of all you must know for what a religion is, a religion is made with the intention that it can introduce a concept that we call God. This concept provide a rein to religion, in controlling or better in moulding the way it needs you to behave.

    When they say that you shouldn't kill anyone, for it invite God's wrath, they are actually manipulating your mind into accepting a virtual reality and become controlled by it. It's a very powerful tool for it can change the way a person thinks.

    To be general the things that are right or wrong in our life is indeed decide by our religion. It moulds our thoughts from the time we were to born so that we analyze all the information around us in a way that would do common GOOD ( 'good' is also made by them ).

    I am sorry that I had to give a lengthy description of what intended to tell, but to be exact you are not free from the world around you, you were moulded from the way you were born so that you will accept what they say to be right and won't do what they say that is wrong. Terrorists kill people because they believe that is GOOD, we say that is bad, because we were taught so. I think now you understand the truth.

    Source(s): There is no specific source, I read this all from many a book. But you want to know more, you can contact me.
  • 7 years ago

    If you are a person of a certain faith than your religion would decide that.

    What is right or wrong in life is a pretty broad question. If it is a loving, kind, noble, caring thing you are doing then it's right. If it's a hateful, mean, slimey, uncaring thing you are doing, it's gonna be wrong. I'd study up some on ethics if you don't know the difference between right and wrong. Best wishes!

  • 7 years ago

    Religion doesn't decide right from wrong. However right and wrong mean something different to those who believe in a Creator versus those who don't.

    Those who don't believe in a creator think right and wrong are basically customs and traditions and therefore each society has their own set of right and wrong. Those who believe in a Creator think that right and wrong are universal laws applicable across all time and place.

    Basically, those who do not believe in a Creator determine right and wrong by how they feel about things. These feelings are inculcated by the society they live in.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    We live in an interconnected and interdependent world where premises and how we construe reality is dependent on the primordial drives - to convert fellow human beings into one's belief, to explore the boundless infinite and experience the thrill of the unknown. At an early age, in the basis of evolution, humans have lived in coalition to thrive and efficiently exploit the environment. They construed bad and good by pain. They observed volition obscuring their insecurities by pain and the presence of a threat, to one or the society brought up the idea of good and bad. And, religion, with the hint of a deity, brought an eternal fire of incentive to do good for the society.

    But, it important to understand that ones delineation is defined in discrete categories - that ones environment, cultural beliefs and exposure play a huge part in accepting wast is wrong and right.

  • 7 years ago

    It is said that to the victors goes the rewriting of History; therefore whatever controlling political party is in charge they decree what shall be construed as right or wrong for its Nation.

    Personally, to do righteous works that benefits everybody concerned is the ideal way,, but our societies are afraid of trying anything new and allows their false pride to control their neanderthal mentality.

  • Nguyen
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Yes a good part.

    Religion has standards/morality and TRUE Atheism has none.

    A true atheist has no problem sleeping with a girl and her mother.

    A religious man would not sleep until married.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    No humans have always decided it. They created religion and gods, heaven and hell as a way to control populations. For good or bad reasons I'm not sure.

  • Binoy
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    Religion gave us ''social and moral '' norms. but if one follows truely , its good. If not, bad. We have our freedom to follow or not. Relin doesn't ask one to follow. It's not mandatory, only obligatory. Decision is individual choice.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    No. Morality does. Morality has an existence distinct from religion.

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