Can someone's moral beliefs be stupid?

[Madame Adequate]

So, what is this thread about again?

So far I've read about masturbation, Jesus, and butthurt, so I'm a little lost at the moment.

It's pretty much butthurt. (Edit: I say that, but I do actually agree with Roto) The most interesting posts have been from PG and Big D. I shall address the second of these now:

[If someone reads the New Testament, discovers Christ's message of humility, tolerance and compassion, then adopts that morality as their own... is that person an imbecilic thicko who deserves ridicule? I'd say not. It's a religiously motivated moral code, but that doesn't make it inherently worthless or idiotic. Even if it is Christian in origin.

Believing or doing something only because a religion says it is so, with no attempt to understand the underlying or complicating factors, is uninformed in my opinion. It's always better to understand why, rather than just obeying mindlessly. However, we're all brought up in an environment where we just take for granted many moral and ethical practices. It's not all explained to us step-by-step; we just accept that things are done 'that way' go on about our lives. Are the common standards of behaviour, courtesy and decency 'ignorant' too?

That depends on what you believe the basis of morality is, or more accurately, the basis of what consitutes moral behaviour. A utilitarian perspective would say that what matters is the action, the end result. A Kantian would conversely argue that intent is all that matters - consequences are not a component in analysing moral action. Applying that thought to what you say, a person cannot be moral if they're mindlessly obeying, even if they are mindlessly obeying beneficial rules.