Besides the fact that our moral system has nothing to do with Christianity
People always point to the 10-commandments... as if they are laws or something...
1) Thou shalt have no other gods before me (not a law)
2) Thou shalt not make idols (not a law)
3) Thou shalt not take gods name in vain (not a law)
4) Honor thy father and mother (not a law)
5) Keep the sabbath holy (not a law)
6) Thou shalt not kill (finally, one that is a law, though it was a law long before Christianity... Christians did not invent "do not murder")
7) Thou shalt not commit adultery (not a law)
8} Thou shalt not steal (another law that was invented before Christianity)
9) Thou shalt not covet (not a law)
10) Thou shalt not covet (again, not a law... don't know why god has to repeat himself either)
2 out of 10 does not form the basis of modern morality... especially considering both of the commandments which happen to be laws, were already laws before the bible was even written
Beyond the 10-commandments, you have things like:
Not allowed to eat meat and dairy in the same meal (penalty = death)
Not allowed to wear clothing made from 2 different materials (penalty = death)
Not allowed to plant 2 different crops in the same field (penalty = death)
Not allowed to work or travel more than a mile from your house on Sunday (penalty = death)
Not allowed to eat pork or seafood (penalty = death)
Not allowed to rape a virgin (penalty = you must marry her) (true story, it's in the bible!)
None of this makes sense, or are laws, or have anything to do with morality...
You are quite wrong here Moloch. No document in world history so changed the world for the better as did the 10-commandments. Western civilization would not have developed nor can it be sustained without them.
You don't know your history... the 10-commandments are based on previous works, such as the code of Hammurabi
Civilized society existed before christianity was invented
There is nothing new in the bible in regards to morality... it was all written down before the bible
As I have proven, our laws are NOT based on the bible... none of them
Philosophy has given morals to the people, not religion
The main reason people don't commit crimes is not because they fear god, but because they fear the police
Nobody takes the 10-commandments seriously... if they did, people wouldn't lie all the time (oh, christians lie... all the time)... Jesus said a lie is as bad as murder to god... all the commandments are the same...
People are not good because of god, they are good because of laws and police
Some people are good because they understand the philosophy behind being good, and how that makes for a better society for everyone... not because of god, never because of god...
Priests are not even afraid to rape little boys...
nobody is afraid of god