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Re: Reasons Why Atheist Are Confused People by cloudgoddess(f): 12:38am On Apr 09, 2016 |
Richirich713:Hm. What's driving the people in Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, China, etc. to do good? Their crime rates are a miniscule fraction compared to Nigeria's, yet the vast majority are not Christian and over half their populations are atheist. From where did the idea to abolish slavery come from, since it was not present in the bible? The entirety of the bible's commentaries on the issue of slavery are only ones of promotion, yet somehow, somewhere along the line, man found out that slavery was one of the most horrid crimes that ever existed. How'd they come up with that? Your bible sure didn't show them. |
Re: Reasons Why Atheist Are Confused People by Richirich713: 4:41am On Apr 09, 2016 |
cloudgoddess: Not atheism. cloudgoddess: Yeah cuz Nigeria a poor country, got nothing to do with religious beliefs or atheism. Especially not Christian teachings. cloudgoddess: Well Martin Luther King Jr never quoted Darwin to argue against slavery. |
Re: Reasons Why Atheist Are Confused People by johnydon22(m): 10:25am On Apr 09, 2016 |
Richirich713: Very Correct!!!! 100% correct.. Atheism is not a philosophy or a belief system, you cannot do good or bad in the name of atheism.. No atheism is just a tag of unbelief in deities. Their morality is driven by their humanity, society, community, choice, compassion, love.. These affirms the wrong idea that morality is roped in religious beliefs or belief in a "God". Our humanity and society is the guide to human ethical positions.
The point is, Religious people claim moral superiority and cannot even see morality outside religion. This brings about the expectation that "the more religious should be the more moral" since they claim moral originalities and even lay claims to universal creator spelling out these moral values. but the reverse is the case that is almost certainly looks like the more religious the less moral.
One thing you lot need to understand, Morality is neither a buddhist, hindu, Christian or islam idea, morality is a child of human society and belongs to no ism. it is not dependent on any book, creed or supernatural for foundation because morality itself is founded on human societal interaction.. So next time do not bring the atheists lack moral mumbo jumbo, Every human has every basis to be moral as a member of a human society not defined by their belief or unbelief. Morality is independent of belief but rather is about actions towards one another.. 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Reasons Why Atheist Are Confused People by johnydon22(m): 10:29am On Apr 09, 2016 |
UyiIredia: Not at all, mysteries are things waiting to be known... So being mysterious is not a strange thing or a gap that needs to be roped with assumptions and superstitions. But rather a call for study or more study and empirical deductions
Lol.. Exactly!!!.. Showing nature is unplanned, random and spontaneous.. Nature in totality happens and changes and these changes it has no care whether for good or bad because good and bad are human ideas (our perception of what favours us). No wonder more than 99% of the universe can kill you instantly.. Nature changes in every direction not minding the result because there is no plan or goal but a random dance of interacting values. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Reasons Why Atheist Are Confused People by johnydon22(m): 10:30am On Apr 09, 2016 |
Richirich713: Lets discuss "Good" this is not an argument. so according to you, what is good? |
Re: Reasons Why Atheist Are Confused People by cloudgoddess(f): 9:28pm On Apr 09, 2016 |
Richirich713:Who claimed atheism in itself was somehow a driving force for good? I certainly didn't. Atheism (lack of belief on supernatural entities) does not in itself produce morality, and neither does theism (belief in supernatural entities). The problem is when theists like yourself insist that believing in a supernatural entity (specifically Yahweh) is indeed required for people to uphold a healthy standard of morality. My citing of those secular countries who are achieving that very goal WITHOUT YAHWEH proves that is a very incorrect assertion. And the fact that slavery was abolished INDEPENDENTLY of any instruction from Yahweh proves the same. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Reasons Why Atheist Are Confused People by Richirich713: 5:12am On Apr 10, 2016 |
cloudgoddess: I don't believe the bold, I don't think you need belief in God to have morality. In fact my comment said no moral foundation, not no morality. You know that subjective morality. |
Re: Reasons Why Atheist Are Confused People by Nobody: 5:16am On Apr 10, 2016 |
Richirich713:Yahweh's is also subjective. So is Allah's. 1 Like |
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