That sounds to me like there isn’t a difference between morals and other commandments. If sticking a fork into a socket is a divine commandment, then following it is liked by God (God likes people to follow commandments), and it brings you closer to Heaven (God lets people into Heaven if they follow commandments).
If the fork-and-socket commandment didn’t bring you closer to heaven or hell, then it wouldn’t be a commandment, because breaking it wouldn’t be a sin.
Morals are the underlying unreachable (for mortals) perfection. Commandments are heuristics for getting closer.
If morality is like physics, commandments are like engineering
And don’t think contemporary engineering with calculators, simulations, etc. Think medieval engineering, like building cathedrals—you don’t necessarily understand why things work this way, but you know that the three people before you who tried to do it another way had their walls collapse.
That sounds to me like there isn’t a difference between morals and other commandments. If sticking a fork into a socket is a divine commandment, then following it is liked by God (God likes people to follow commandments), and it brings you closer to Heaven (God lets people into Heaven if they follow commandments).
If the fork-and-socket commandment didn’t bring you closer to heaven or hell, then it wouldn’t be a commandment, because breaking it wouldn’t be a sin.
Morals are the underlying unreachable (for mortals) perfection. Commandments are heuristics for getting closer.
If morality is like physics, commandments are like engineering
And don’t think contemporary engineering with calculators, simulations, etc. Think medieval engineering, like building cathedrals—you don’t necessarily understand why things work this way, but you know that the three people before you who tried to do it another way had their walls collapse.
That does make sense. Thank you for the explanation.