Show religion and morality the relation of crime to morality i io ji ir on differ 2 1 i abed eli eH gi 1 at been I 1 defined a as isiora Y touched with emotion and morality is viewed as one oae form of religion there is some truth no doubt in both ideas instead of wrangling over such pro id I 1 it not be better belter to t M wo ail t morality by tile 1025 F spread pread of religion and the growth of r 0 religion by cultivating morality U t 1 1 at calan e 1 truly c called religion S chich ignores morality aud and it 01 is doubted doubled wilether whether there would be alzi much morality if there had lever a been any religion z religion is some 3 thing more than sentiment a year mcarn n A 0 0 04 ing ter an ideal an aspiration t of 2 the soul a longing for im immortality dortu lily il it rela teso practical life to the f hereafter it is I 1 etere as agthe the el not ail y i a 1 altro mot erlof faith it is a 2 jl re regulator cleator of conduct and therefore H comprehends and includes include tr within at itself shat lil I 1 is s called mors morality nio rahly lity t blan and wonley may be tall fall 01 ol oft feel fc eling illa V to boin inbe 0 n finen finances ces hat are known as spiritual lual ii i appreciative af lofty thoughts pact ical expressions and religious chras es aud and yet not be truly religious because they are not dut moral religion action as well as thoi thought ight conduct US as well as belief it means deeds as th the e fruits of correct faith I 1 31 morality exists independent of f religion because there are moral men and women who are skeptics skeptic is irr in i those things that are un i der stood as religious but if the moral precepts which they accept y and the moral ideas which they entertain are traced to their origin it will be found that they camo came from religious sources and whether the teachers of mankind who brought them forth were divinely inspired or only mentally and spiritually exalted cx they are arc religious in there nature and tendency and without them what might lie ile called religion would be vain correct belief no doubt tends to right conduct but mere belief in some abstract tenet or theological dogma does not of itself promote morality or purify of the soul the preaching of the faith alone theory has lone done much against morality when peo people ale believe that they are a accounted ri righteous oteous before G god od by I 1 faith aith and not for their 0 ou n works and that hat their own righteousness inasa is as filthy rags and that the murderer trill and the thief the impure and the debased if i they but believe in the savior are as acceptable to god as the most moral and person the cause of morality is not likely to be advanced SLI SL herald lerald |