Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!tektronix!tekmdp!dadla!dadla-b!hutch From: hutch@dadla-b.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion Subject: Re: The Bible and the Constitution Message-ID: <488@dadla-b.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jul-83 16:09:02 EDT Article-I.D.: dadla-b.488 Posted: Mon Jul 11 16:09:02 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jul-83 14:40:22 EDT References: rabbit.1670 Lines: 17 In reply to rabbit!jj's assertion that personal ethos is not related to personal religious beliefs - Please explain why you think this. I personally think (from experience and observation) that a personal ethic can be developed from religious belief just as well as from any other influecnces. It apparently cannot be developed without a cultural context of some kind, as far as I can see. In any case, as an example, my own personal ethical system was sharply modified when I changed my religious beliefs. My moral stances were less modified, from my viewpoint. (Shall we get into the differences between ethics and morals?) Steve Hutchison Tektronix Logic Analyzers