Quote Originally Posted by geoff

also my last point on this. you say that right and wrong are taught and that its affected by the social view. who then decided what was right and wrong in the begining? did the first men and women have a meeting to decide this or is it something deeply embedded in each and every one of us?
so if morality is a god given ability... why do feral children have the morals of the animals they were raised by?

which aztec first decided that it was ok to perform sacrifices?
which person first slaughtered a goat?
which person first stole a wallet?


everyone has a different moral set that your brain decides based on other social standards. so your question is how did the social standards first come about. Every culture has different social standards. In some Cambodian tribes they elongate girl's necks because to them it is more attractive. In ancient China girls with bound feet were hot. In Japan it is a serious offense to disappoint your parents, sometimes resulting in suicide to save face. In some of cultures women are lesser than men, and in some ancient cultures (some tribes in south america before the Europeans wiped the natives out) the women were the top people.

If you say morality is the gift of god, then why is it that so many different people and cultures have their own morality view?