How do you discern good or evil? Virtues and vices? How do u do good or evil? What defines good or evil? What do you promote?
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The answer: Atheists are
moral for the
same
reasons
believers are
moral: because we
have
compassion,
and a sense
of justice.
Humans are social
animals, and
like other
social animals, we evolved with some core moral values wired
into our brains: caring about fairness, caring about
loyalty, caring when others are harmed. If you’re a religious believer, and you don’t believe these
are the same reasons that believers are moral, ask
yourself this: If I could persuade you today, with 100%
certainty, that there were no gods and no afterlife…
would you suddenly start stealing and murdering and
setting fire to buildings? And if not — why not? If you wouldn’t… whatever is that would keep you from doing
those things, that’s the same thing keeping atheists from
doing them. (And if you would — remind me not to move
in next door to you.) And ask yourself this as well: If you accept some parts of
your holy book and reject others — on what basis are you
doing that? Whatever part of you says that stoning adulterers is wrong but helping poor people is good; that planting different crops in the same field is a non-issue but bearing false witness actually is pretty messed-up; that slavery is terrible but it’s a great idea to love your neighbor as yourself… that’s the same thing telling atheists what’s right and wrong. People are good — even
if we don’t articulate it this way — because we have an
innate grasp of the fundamental underpinnings of
morality: the understanding that other people matter to
themselves as much as we matter to ourselves, and that
there is no objective reason to act as if any of us matters more than any other. And that’s true of atheists and
believers alike. Why you shouldn’t ask it: This is an unbelievably insulting question. Being moral, caring about others and having
compassion for them, is a fundamental part of being
human. To question whether atheists can be moral, to
express bafflement at how we could possibly manage to
care about others without believing in a supernatural
creator, is to question whether we’re even fully human. And you know what? This question is also hugely insulting
to religious believers. It’s basically saying that the only
reason believers are moral is fear of punishment and
desire for reward. It’s saying that believers don’t act out
of compassion, or a sense of justice. It’s saying that
believers’ morality is childish at best, self-serving at worst. I wouldn’t say that about religious believers… and
you shouldn’t, either.
Original piece here: www.freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2013/06/11/9-questions-not-to-ask-atheists-with-answers/
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if i knew where they sold comnon sense i would order for you so much it would last you three centuries
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Morality isn’t a result of religion. Its a human social construct. Even in Eastern countries where a very large portion of the population is Atheist(non believers), the idea of morality is held higher than the religious have ever done it. Its stricter than it is in religious countries.
Even among chimps, rats, elephants etc, there is what is the expected within the group, and there is punishment for breaking the code.
It’s only that you were born in religion and you cant imagine a world without it.
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[SIZE=6]The bible is the last place we should look for morality it openly advocates for slavery, genocide and rape !
Empathy and morality is innate plus depending on the society or time morality has a sliding scale ![/SIZE]
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Your name is a disgrace to humanity
I may not talk much but i can simply say that it takes more faith to believe there is no God than believing there is God . And that atheists spend much of their time and resources to fight Christianity rather than to advocate for their atheism. Their “without God” is their religion.
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