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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]What governs how I live my life? I don't need any external governance ... I have an internal understanding of right and wrong. Almost everybody does. [/quote]

New poster. Not being snarky- where do you think that internal understanding comes from? I am far, far, far from the conservative Christian Right. But I have come to believe that we were provided this moral compass by a creator. It is when we act outside this internal sence of conscience that conflict occurs. [/quote]

PP here, I was taught morality by my Catholic upbringing, which I now reject.

I am teaching my children my morality but leaving the religion part out of it.  No threat of hell.  No original sin.  No virgin births or crucified children.

My kids know the difference between right and wrong.  They know being mean makes them feel bad.  Usually I say, "How would YOU feel if someone did that to YOU?"  And that is enough.  Both are very emotionally sensative and don't seem to need much more prompting than that.

It's empathy.  It's innate.  As a parent my job is to get them to have an internal dialog with their own growing conscience, and to guide that growth.  [/quote]

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