03-30-2016, 09:17 AM
(03-30-2016, 08:32 AM)Vlad Wrote: Of course there are good atheists and bad religious people.
Playing devils advocate here...if we dont need religion to have morals then wouldnt good and evil or right and wrong be just opinions? What if my opinion was that murder was not wrong?
Is the act of bestiality moral or immoral?
If you were a Jew running away seeking refuge from the Nazis in Poland, whos door would you rather knock on...a Polish priest or nuns, or the commoner?
If any of you self proclaimed atheists we being hunted and killed for whatever reason, you would place your trust in a priest as well.
So whenever morality dispute arises check out what god says...problem solved!
Morality is a societal construct that has evolved into what we have today over time. We know this because we can see a primitive form of morality amongst chimpanzees. They form societal norms (the early stages of what we see as morality) in their groups. The only reason that some people give ownership of this morality to a faith is because it provides it with a degree of authority which, without, makes morality much more subjective and pointless. Within society we have punishments for disturbing the norms through criminal law, but there is no reward for adhering to them. Enter religion and the idea of a better life after death.
It should be noted that I am saying this all as a Christian.
