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Religious Philosophy - Coggle Diagram
Religious Philosophy
Claim #1 Source of Personal Morals
Assertion of Fact We get our morals from religious texts
Textual contradiction Good Samaritan
Historical contradiction Confuscious, maharani and budda all capable of promoting morally robust conduct without need for religious texts
Anthropomorphic contradiction Every society (including prior to religion) developed recognisable moral standards and continued to refine them over time without recourse to religious texts
Hero Syndrome (the reverse strawman) Assertion of Limiting Belief that 'we cannot be moral without religious texts', create a fictitious deficiency (within ourselves) in order to be the hero who sells everyone the solution
Evidential Contradiction #1 Explicitly areligious leaders capable of displaying moral compass
Presuppositional claim Religious texts improve personal moral capabilities
Textual Contradiction #1 Explicit mandate for immoral behaviour within religious texts
Contemporary Contradiction Personal choice to not follow extreme religious mandate
Not stoning your neighbour to death
Behavioural Contradictions Deference to religious instruction deemed acceptable for socially responsible conduct, however same deference is tacit permission for socially reprehensible conduct
Context reframe Calls to charity vs call to persecute others
Claim #2 Basis for societal Morals
Presuppositional claim Religious organisations display superior moral decision-making
Comparative deleted Superior to whom
Counter factual Ideology is at best limiting and at worse harmful basis for decision-making
Generalisation Many distasteful religious groups lay claim to the same superiority. If you open it to one you must open it to all
Hamas, Nation of Islam, Cults All groups recognised as 'helping' people in distress (initially) and them extracting heavy price in return
Evidential contradiction Long record of non-religious organisations displaying robust moral decision-making
Evidence against interest Improved social license as organisations become less religious
Useful, helpful, not as bad a atheism