Gargoylenos #fundie #pratt

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[on nontheistic religions]

So these are literally imposters, they don't believe in the faith, and yet they pretend to because they believe that makes them good... yeah, definitely Hiding Behind Religion.

[on atheist morals]

Help others, help yourself. That's the only way that it would make sense for any altruism have place in a Godless world, and therefore without a universal moral judgement. Doing for other reasons would be irrational.

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“Help others, help yourself. That's the only way that it would make sense for any altruism have place in a Godless world,”
If i’m helping myself, it’s not altruism.
Try again. Look up the words other people use before replying.
On the other hand, is that a bad thing? If I’m generous, and try to help all of us through a hard time, is there anything wrong in doing it without any gods in mind?

"and therefore without a universal moral judgement.”
Dude, even the godbothering world has no universal moral judgment.

"Doing for other reasons would be irrational.”
Okay.
I mean, if you think it’s irrational, it must be irrational. But since we’re not Vulcans, we can do irrational things.

What’s irrational about non-selfishness, exactly? Not just from a theistic view, but also from the view of Ayn Rand et al. I see no reason for rationality to assume solipsism, which is what this insistence sounds like from here.

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