Atheist's have no morals
So I was in the car today reading out loud a passage from The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. It talked about why religion was regarded as so serious and offensive when people do political cartoons, and why people don't give a crap when politicians are made fun of. Anyways when I told my mom this she got into this big discussion about how basically atheist have no morals. And how religion gives people morals to behave. In total she said that most of the world's killers do not have any morals because they did not have a religion to follow morals, so they can kill anybody they want because nobody told them they were wrong. So she thought I was not a psychopath because I was raised on religous morals and I was not I would probably be one. I told my mom it is the exact opposite, because of religion we had people like the columbine killers or the Virginia tech shooter who believed they were god or that it was gods divine intervention to kill all these people. But of course my mom say's I do not understand enough about religion to part from it. That may be true, but at least I know I will maybe never by accepted as an atheist by my mom and I will never so anything horrible or crazy in the name of religion. I would like your feedback in how to deal with this issue with my parents or what your opinions on this are.
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Permalink Reply by Justine Robinson on -
Exactly!
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Permalink Reply by Nelson on -
quite right. reminds me of this quote from Pierre Bayle- "It has been asserted, that a moral Atheist would be a monster beyond the power of nature to create: I reply, that it is not more strange for an Atheist to live virtuously, than for a Christian to abandon himself to crime! If we believe the last kind of monster, why dispute the existence of the first?"
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Permalink Reply by Justine Robinson on
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Good quote!
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Permalink Reply by NO RELIGION on -
"I told my mom it is the exact opposite, because of religion we had people like the columbine killers or the Virginia tech shooter who believed they were god or that it was gods divine intervention to kill all these people."
Good Day!
#Atheism
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Permalink Reply by Justine Robinson on
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Thanks for commenting!
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Permalink Reply by Jon Heim on -
"...An Atheist loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god. An Atheist accepts that heaven is something for which we should work now – here on earth – for all men together to enjoy. An Atheist accepts that he can get no help through prayer, but that he must find in himself the inner conviction and strength to meet life, to grapple with it, to subdue it and to enjoy it. An Atheist accepts that only in a knowledge of himself and a knowledge of his fellow man can he find the understanding that will help lead to a life of fulfillment."
-Murray v. Curlett
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Permalink Reply by Justine Robinson on
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Very nice quote! Thanks for commenting!
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Permalink Reply by Jon Heim on
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first of all...in 1997 there were only 19 percent of all of the united states citizens who even identify themselves as atheists.
guess who the largest percent where?....I don't even have to tell you the answer, your a smart person!
DON'T BUY IN TO THE PROPAGANDA!
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Permalink Reply by Justine Robinson on
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Thanks I won't!
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Permalink Reply by Justine Robinson on
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got that right!
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Permalink Reply by Fancy Nancy on
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Hmm I'm thinking (it hurts)... an atheist doesn't believe in God. That doesn't necessarily make an atheist morally better or worse than a theist in practice. I would hope that atheists would be more inclined to question laid-down rules for living and come to better conclusions based on reality and not hindered by religion but I think we would be wise to remember they might not! At least having an open and questioning mind might help come to better conclusions but personally I'm still wary of assuming too much.
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