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For most of human history, morality has been a product of religion. Before religion, there was no morality. It was all just tribalism. People cared for and were loyal to their family and friends, but there were no moral expectations to uphold for the broader world.
When religion arrived, people followed the rules so that they would go to heaven. People didn't disobey out of fear of going to hell. Sure, they could personally agree with most of teachings, but that's not the reason they were hellbent on obeying all the rules, they did that in exchange of benefits that they perceived as real. This commitment has always been transactional in nature and nobody ever saw a problem with it. We give God loyalty and worship, he gives us salvation. You're not supposed to deny that the temptations exist and say that you never even wanted to break the rules. The reason you don't break the rules is because you believe in God and that his salvation will be worth it. But it's only human to have doubts and desires.
Look at the term "God fearing": A God-fearing person is religious and behaves according to the moral rules of their religion.
This term has always been seen in positive light, it describes a devout man who takes his religion seriously.
Nowadays, modern culture would view that as a toxic relationship: The man doesn't follow God's rules because he likes to, he follows them because he wants to go to heaven, which invalidates his commitment since he is not doing it for the "right reasons". There exists a new notion that you should "Be good just to be good". It is no longer enough to follow the rules because you don't want to suffer the consequences, now you must follow the rules because you agree with everything and you would never even want to break them.
It all began when Christianity started to lose influence in the west, people began to ask questions about what will happen to the integrity and morality of the population. That's when this new cultural shift started to take shape. The atheists started saying that even with no solid ground for their values, they still have strong morals, and that they are even better than Christians who are only good for God. They are good because they "genuinely care". That became a form of social validation, status and ego boost.
It seems like their life goal is to become a "good person":
Now we get cringe like this:
They love to fake humility with shit like this. They always be saying shit like: "I try, but I'm not a good person, I just give my best to be decent."
You know deep down they base their worth of how much of a "good person" they are, and get off on feeling morally superior to others.
It also became a form of shaming people into conforming and gave rise to the cancel culture of today.
And this phenomenon is only growing:
Being a good person is the new heaven.
Being a bad person is the new hell.
When religion arrived, people followed the rules so that they would go to heaven. People didn't disobey out of fear of going to hell. Sure, they could personally agree with most of teachings, but that's not the reason they were hellbent on obeying all the rules, they did that in exchange of benefits that they perceived as real. This commitment has always been transactional in nature and nobody ever saw a problem with it. We give God loyalty and worship, he gives us salvation. You're not supposed to deny that the temptations exist and say that you never even wanted to break the rules. The reason you don't break the rules is because you believe in God and that his salvation will be worth it. But it's only human to have doubts and desires.
Look at the term "God fearing": A God-fearing person is religious and behaves according to the moral rules of their religion.
This term has always been seen in positive light, it describes a devout man who takes his religion seriously.
Nowadays, modern culture would view that as a toxic relationship: The man doesn't follow God's rules because he likes to, he follows them because he wants to go to heaven, which invalidates his commitment since he is not doing it for the "right reasons". There exists a new notion that you should "Be good just to be good". It is no longer enough to follow the rules because you don't want to suffer the consequences, now you must follow the rules because you agree with everything and you would never even want to break them.
It all began when Christianity started to lose influence in the west, people began to ask questions about what will happen to the integrity and morality of the population. That's when this new cultural shift started to take shape. The atheists started saying that even with no solid ground for their values, they still have strong morals, and that they are even better than Christians who are only good for God. They are good because they "genuinely care". That became a form of social validation, status and ego boost.
It seems like their life goal is to become a "good person":
Now we get cringe like this:
They love to fake humility with shit like this. They always be saying shit like: "I try, but I'm not a good person, I just give my best to be decent."
You know deep down they base their worth of how much of a "good person" they are, and get off on feeling morally superior to others.
It also became a form of shaming people into conforming and gave rise to the cancel culture of today.
And this phenomenon is only growing:
Being a good person is the new heaven.
Being a bad person is the new hell.
