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Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by rjtavares on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:48PM (#26625562)
Your line of reasoning is similar to "Food comes from animals and plants. But where does animals and plants' food comes from?". Do you want to go all the way up to the Big Bang?

You learn your ethics from a combination of your parents and society, and you update your beliefs during your life, you share them to a younger generation. Repeat since humans acquired a conscience until humans cease to exist. That's all there is to it.

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Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by ceilingcorner on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:57PM (#26625668)
No, that isn’t all there is to it. You are simply ignorant of the foundations of your beliefs.
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Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by rjtavares on Monday March 29, 2021 @02:32PM (#26626222)
I can assure you I am not: they include the Roman Empire, the Catholic Church, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and Marx.

However, the question was:

> In the absence of religion, where do people find their moral and ethical compass?

That's what I was answering to.

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