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... obeyed, he goes on to persecute his father. This point of perspective portrays the view that morality and religion are linked. This view is illustrated in Aristotle's opinion on the relationship between morality and religion. He proposed that God is the only standard of right and wrong. This means he did not borrow any separate principle of morality from any form and God himself implies goodness and morality. Aristotle's view is therefore analytically true as it implies goodness and morality are included in the idea of God. This view is also what the three monotheistic religions-Christianity, Islam and Judaism accept. Another, perspective that illustrates a link between morality and religion is the Christian existentialism. Kierkegaard, a group of Christians whose view is based on the absolute paradox believes that God became a man on earth (Jesus Christ, who is God in human form) and portrayed morality and goodness. ...
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