r/rationalphilosophy

If it’s the case that a religious morality is harmful but it remains unfalsifiable and unchallengeable, we immediately see the danger of religious morality.

A moral human cannot mindlessly go along with a harmful religious morality (indeed, even the religious man often refuses to do this).

So what does this tell us about religious morality? It tells us that it’s a terrible model for morality because it establishes itself through authority not through evidence or reason.

Imagine a Christian arguing for the morality of slavery, which is its history. We couldn’t simply validate this moral claim but would have to rationally resist it.

Religious morality has to be classified as dangerous because it’s mindless and has no way to correct itself.