ATHEIST RICHARD DAWKINS: GETTING RID OF GOD WOULD MAKE WORLD LESS MORAL

10-29-2019
Will Maule, Faithwire

Richard Dawkins, perhaps the world’s most famous atheist, has admitted that eliminating God from the public consciousness would pose huge problems.


Speaking to British paper The Times, Dawkins insisted that if religion were to be abolished, it would “give people a license to do really bad things.”

Expanding on his point, the Oxford University fellow said that, without the presence of a higher being, “people may feel free to do bad things because they feel God is no longer watching them.”

Reverting to his sharp rhetoric on religion, Dawkins warned that people would feel entitled to do what they like because they no longer need to obey a “divine spy camera in the sky reading their every thought,” — a description he often uses for an omnipresent God.

Dawkins revealed an experiment he came across working on his latest book, “Outgrowing God,” which intended on finding out whether people would be “good” if they felt someone was watching. The experiment, carried out by professor Melissa Bateson at the University of Newcastle, entailed the setting up of a coffee station and “honesty box” system for payments — people simply put in what they felt was the appropriate amount for their drink of choice.


However, at different points, Bateson changed the display overlooking the coffee bar, switching between a flowery image and an ominous pair of eyes.

When the eyes were watching, “nearly three times as much for their drinks when eyes were displayed,” Dawkins explained, concluding that “whether irrational or not, it does, unfortunately, seem plausible that, if somebody sincerely believes God is watching his every move, he might be more likely to be good.”

“I must say I hate that idea,” added the lifelong anti-God campaigner. “I want to believe that humans are better than that. I’d like to believe I’m honest whether anyone is watching or not.”

Responding to the Professor’s remarks, controversial creationist leader ,Ken Ham, whom Dawkins has tussled with on several occasions, commented that “Dawkins has spent his life fighting against God (the God he doesn’t believe even exists), but still recognizes that atheism (the worldview religion of Richard Dawkins) doesn’t provide the foundation for morality.”

“Without a biblical foundation, anything goes,” Ham added. “Who is to say what is right or wrong? There is no ultimate foundation. It becomes arbitrary; everyone does what’s right in their own eyes. In fact, Dawkins is admitting that atheism is totally bankrupt morally.”

jesusjnr:
After passionately denying this glaring truth as most atheists do, it's a credit to arguably the "world most famous" atheist for finally admitting this painful truth, that the world be a worse place without the fear of God.

God bless.

shadeyinka:

Most Atheists don't realise that even though they disbelieve in God, they still carry a relic of morality inherited from their religious antisident and ancestry.

Why should adultery be wrong?
Why should nudity be an offence?
Why should bestiality be immoral?

Even though daily, these rules are being bent and broken; it's just a taste of what full Atheism would be like.

Edybleketara:
The laws of the land and the punishments associated with breaking them is basically what is keeping humans in check.
Take away these laws and punishments then leave only religion as the basis for doing what is right and see if society won't plummet into a state of chaos.
Take away our security system and watch the amount of crimes that will be perpetrated on a daily basis. without our security system, even your so called pastors will visit you at night to rob you.

Edybleketara:
The laws of the land and the punishments associated with breaking them is basically what is keeping humans in check.
Take away these laws and punishments then leave only religion as the basis for doing what is right and see if society won't plummet into a state of chaos.
Take away our security system and watch the amount of crimes that will be perpetrated on a daily basis. without our security system, even your so called pastors will visit you at night to rob you.

jesusjnr:
True bro.

Truth is, why most atheists deny such glaring truths, is not because they truly believe it's false, but because of their anti-God sentiments and how detrimental that truth would be to the arguments being made for atheism.

shadeyinka:

Perfectly said bro!
Just recently, a court case is on in USA to determine if a mom can allow her 7 year old son to begin gender reassignment chemical therapy to convert him into a girl against the boys father's wish. You just wonder the kind of things that would be allowed when "God is fully kicked out" by Atheists.

The parents were members of an Orthodox church, who named their children after Biblical reference, the newspaper reported.

Lasveg:
don't mind these Christians, they are suffering from delusion. if our security system is suspended for a day, the whole banks in naija will be robbed that day.

shadeyinka:

Perfectly said bro!
Just recently, a court case is on in USA to determine if a mom can allow her 7 year old son to begin gender reassignment chemical therapy to convert him into a girl against the boys father's wish. You just wonder the kind of things that would be allowed when "God is fully kicked out" by Atheists.

Edybleketara:
The laws of the land and the punishments associated with breaking them is basically what is keeping humans in check.

Edybleketara:
Take away these laws and punishments then leave only religion as the basis for doing what is right and see if society won't plummet into a state of chaos.

Edybleketara:
Take away our security system and watch the amount of crimes that will be perpetrated on a daily basis. without our security system, even your so called pastors will visit you at night to rob you.

Lasveg:
don't mind these Christians, they are suffering from delusion. if our security system is suspended for a day, the whole banks in naija will be robbed that day.

CaveAdullam:
ARE YOU MORE ATHEISTIC THAN RICHARD DAWKINS?

hopefulLandlord:


FYI Dawkins who formulated the "Dawkins scale" which ranges from 1-7 says he's 6 on the scale

since there are atheists who identify as 7 it means there are many atheists who are more atheistic than Dawkins.

CaveAdullam:
Whether on scale 8 or 9, it does not change the fact that the fibres of God consciousness is embedded in every humans that will always make them to know right from wrong.

Thanks.

God bless.

hopefulLandlord:


FYI Dawkins who formulated the "Dawkins scale" which ranges from 1-7 says he's 6 on the scale

since there are atheists who identify as 7 it means there are many atheists who are more atheistic than Dawkins.

budaatum:

Except neither parent was an atheist as you'd easily find by a simple search!

budaatum:

Except neither parent was an atheist as you'd easily find by a simple search!

jesusjnr:
True bro.

Truth is, why most atheists deny such glaring truths, is not because they truly believe it's false, but because of their anti-God sentiments and how detrimental that truth would be to the arguments being made for atheism.

jesusjnr:
Since it was Richard Dawkins the world most famous atheist who invented the scale, that should tell you that such a strong atheist could only exist on his scale but not in reality.

hopefulLandlord:


Fame has next to nothing to do with how strong one's atheism is just like you'd agree that some popular Christian doesn't mean he/she is the strongest

jesusjnr:
Of course you're right about the fame part, but the reason for emphasis of his own fame lies in the my understanding that atheism is the basis of it.

Or is there anything else he's famous for?

So if the strong case he's made for atheism, made him so famous, up to the extent that he became arguably the most famous atheist and inspired many to become atheists, what are the chances that there truly exists the number 7s on a scale he invented himself, if in reality, he's number 6 on that scale?

hopefulLandlord:


Your argument would've been valid if the scale was a scale of how much of Dawkins you are but it's not. it's a scale of belief and disbelief. he is of the opinion that there are atheists who's atheism is stronger than his

Edybleketara:
The laws of the land and the punishments associated with breaking them is basically what is keeping humans in check.
Take away these laws and punishments then leave only religion as the basis for doing what is right and see if society won't plummet into a state of chaos.
Take away our security system and watch the amount of crimes that will be perpetrated on a daily basis. without our security system, even your so called pastors will visit you at night to rob you.

jesusjnr:
Lol!

"World most famous" atheist Richard Dawkins is now a Christian who suffers from delusion because he spoke the truth.

That should tell you who's really deluded between y'all atheists and the christians.

CaveAdullam:
Imaginative delusion.

What do you think the people that got money in the bank will do if our security system should be suspended for a day?

Lasveg:
so because someone is famous means whatever he says is true. pepper soup logic.