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Christian Morality

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How many Christians are there? Around 2 billion? Then there are about 2 billion different moral codes within Christianity. Which one would you like?
:p Well pick one of those 2 billion that you know of and go off of that OR go off of what you believe the Bible talks about as moral behavior/actions.
 
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Biblical morality? What kind of Christian morality's do you believe exist?

How come there is such a diversity of moral positions held by Christians on this forum? I doubt there are two Christians on this site that are in agreement on absolutely every issue.
 
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How come there is such a diversity of moral positions held by Christians on this forum? I doubt there are two Christians on this site that are in agreement on absolutely every issue.
Should each individual have a place in deciding what should govern everyone as a whole based on their religion then?
 
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:p Well pick one of those 2 billion that you know of and go off of that OR go off of what you believe the Bible talks about as moral behavior/actions.

My answer is 'no' either way. I was merely pointing out that legislating a 'Christian morality' is impossible because there isn't a set 'Christian' morality. People tend to look at the Bible to confirm what they already think.
 
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Should each individual have a place in deciding what should govern everyone as a whole based on their religion then?

I agree with this. I bolded the word 'everyone' just to add emphasis to the fact that laws should govern everyone, not just a select few (e.g. singling gays out to ban marriage).
 
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Should each individual have a place in deciding what should govern everyone as a whole based on their religion then?

Everyone has the right to propose laws that reflect their own morality, be it based in religion, rational deliberation, some other sort of philosophical perspective... whatever.

Societies have rules for how proposed laws are considered. Many have systems of decision making based on convincing majorities or a set number of people within a parliament, for example. Often societies have founding documents such as a Constitution which impose limits on what can and can't be done at various levels of government, often in response to the fact that it could be possible for simple majorities to enact legislation which unfairly targeted or discriminated against minorities.

If a person proposes a law and that proposal is considered through legitimate channels and does not contrevene any principles or considerations which must be adhered to, I see no problem with that proposed law being enacted and applied.

If religious-based laws manage to get through that process, I haven't got a problem with them. I get the feeling that this is not quite what you meant with your OP, though...
 
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So how do you feel about Christian politicians who push "Christian issues"?

I'd rather not make a blanket statement. Political morality is nothing if not essentially made of the morality of the people as a whole. Since Christians are part of that whole, and since most people tend to agree that things like murder are wrong even if they aren't Christian, "Christian issues" will often find their way into policy. So it really depends which issue is specifically at hand. Protecting the innocent from harm is not judging those outside, "protecting" marriage from homosexuality definitely is.
 
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How many Christians are there? Around 2 billion? Then there are about 2 billion different moral codes within Christianity. Which one would you like?

False. Though there are divisions between Christians, most parishioners within any given church will adhere to the moral code expounded from the podium. So, at most, you have as many different moral codes as there are denominations and independent churches.

Would you like one that hates gays or is fine with them? One that supports abortion, or one that bans it, or one that has specific criteria (you'll have to tell me the criteria if you pick that option? Would you like Biblical literalists or those that take it more metaphorically? Creationist or Evolutionist? Which denomination? OT = relevant or OT = irrelevant or OT = sort of relevant? How important is Mary supposed to be in this morality? Are we looking at a 7 day creation? What's the most important rule(s) in the Bible for this morality? How much prayer/bible reading/church involvement are you looking for? Are you after one that supports female priests or not? What gender roles are you after? Which Bible are we looking at?

That's a very small percentage of the questions we have to look at.

1.) I sincerely doubt that the majority of Christians identify with Westboro Baptist.
2.) Taking the bible literally or metaphorically is a false dichotomy. There's exegesis which through study takes each passage as its written - some are literal, some metaphorical, some otherwise. There are also Christians who don't read the bible, or don't actually study, who tend to take for granted whatever their church-leaders say. Alternatively, some read the bible in context of their preconceived worldview.
3.) Creationist or Evolutionist has very little to nothing to do with morality. (Probably nothing)
4.) I don't think as many denominations differ in issues of morality as in other fundamental issues of Christianity.
5.) What would Mary ever have to do with morality?
6.) Are we looking at a 7-day creation? Only if the bible is involved.
7.) If any Christian doesn't answer the question "What's the most important rule(s) in the Bible for this morality?" and doesn't answer along the lines of "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and Love your neighbor as yourself." hasn't been reading the bible very closely.
8.) However much prayer/bible reading/church involvement isn't strictly morality either, but as much bible reading as it takes to understand what the bible teaches about morality should be requisite.
9.) Ceremonial, traditional, and cultural issues of biblical times are not such great moral issues.
10.) There's only one bible, though many translations. Said translations do not differ enough in most cases to make more than a scholastic disparity. Besides, thanks to the internet, we can use all of them at the same time.
 
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How come there is such a diversity of moral positions held by Christians on this forum? I doubt there are two Christians on this site that are in agreement on absolutely every issue.

I wager you'd find several groups of differing schools of thought on moral issues, composed of many members in complete agreement within each group, and some remainder of fringe viewpoints. The majority of disagreements between Christians is ecclesiastical, I do believe.
 
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