“The conscience is simply God’s way of reminding us how to behave” Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer and show you have considered different points of view. Your answer must refer to a religious view in your answer

I think that the conscience is a way of God reminding us how to behave but I think he isn’t reminding is but we already know how to behave and that we are born knowing what to do. I think that as we grow older we almost change our conscience and that we know how we have to behave and we change it a bit and we alter what we would think is acceptable. I think that in essence it is simply a way of God reminding us how to behave. But some people even if they do get reminded can chose to ignore or they can forget.

Christians believe that the conscience is a gift from God and it is the gift to be able to reason and find out what is the right thing to do and what is the wrong thing to do. I think that it is a bit more subtle than this because God gives us the reasoning and if we pursue this reasoning we can know for sure what is right or what is wrong but if we do not pursue the reasoning we will have to refer to the bible or ask priests or look in the bible to find out what to do. Christians would feel that the statement above is mostly correct although they would use the word guide more than remind because reminding would suggest that it is to stop you forgetting but I think you know how to behave but you need be reminded to do so.

Many people feel that the conscience begins empty and that we learn over time and as a baby when we do something we can see the actions and consequences and from that we can chose what is right and what is wrong. I think that this is partly right in that people who have had traumas in their childhood do sometimes suffer from mental illnesses but I think that it is ultimately wrong because some people who are brought up in a bad background can still become good people when they are older and this would link to God reminding us and the pursuing of this skill to reason when you are older.

Several atheists believe that it is just instinct that we chose to do the right thing and that this has developed from our animal instinct to try and ensure our species survives and that it is not related to God in anyway and that it is just an instinct like a reaction. Many other atheists feel that God doesn’t give you a reminder because that would suggest that God was unfair towards people who are mentally incapable of speaking or communicating. I think that God did give everyone a conscience and gave it to people pointing them in the right direction. And some people chose to ignore this sign post and they get lost. I am not really sure about the mentally unwell as it is difficult to communicate with them.

This was originally written by Lacey Euler

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