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1media/The Judgement of Solomon by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1518-19.jpg2019-04-07T23:43:31-07:00Sam Henrickson5cd0ff97c337b26d01e84db58bdb9506b40fff7a335193Moralityplain2019-04-20T15:21:16-07:00Sam Henrickson5cd0ff97c337b26d01e84db58bdb9506b40fff7aMorality in a human religious context includes the ethical expectations of the species. This is exemplified by the systems of morality put in place after the reading of instructional Holy Books that are then studied and interpreted for lessons, values, belief systems with regard to right and wrong. Morality in this context refers mostly to the treatment of fellow humans: there are codes of morals and ethics and interpersonal etiquettes present in all faiths, cultures, and traditions. There is no shortage of examples.
In the Christian Bible, Matthew 7:12 states that "whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets." It is often extraordinarily Humanist in nature, and almost always anthropocentric: Revelation 22:15 says "outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who practices falsehoods." Leviticus 18:22 says "You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination." In these expressions of morality, those that are considered immoral (such as dogs, gays and sorcerers) are excluded from the Christian faith. While there are plenty of interpretations and reinterpretations of Biblical statements regarding right and wrong, the writing of this passage, and then its subsequent readings and applications are all for one thing, no matter the meaning derived: to cultivate and maintain a close relationship to God (the human example of X), to create unity and oneness through ritualistic exclusions of profane concepts, and to attempt to attain Ultimate Perfection. The arguments made over the interpretations of these verses are meant to understand the Holy Book's writings better, and therefore be closer to ultimate correctness, to be proven at a later date.
Morality in a religious context for humans is a long laundry list of things to do and things not to do, which make up almost all of the written and oral tradition for humans as a whole. There is a certain authority to rules that have a "moral" backup to them, such as laws against murder: all life has value (moral) and so to take life away is a crime (law). While this is an extraordinarily important piece of the religious puzzle, it is difficult to get into detail without opening up a massive black hole of information.