Atheists have no firm sense of morality. Unlike people of faith.
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Mirror Award. There's been alot of those here recently. But, I'll believe it when I see it. Atheists generally are much more moral than "people of faith". And I bet that by "faith", you mean your particular branch of christianity.
We may not have a firm sense of morality, but our morality is better for it, in that we concern ourselves only with the bare essentials and take circumstances into consideration, which people with strict dogmatic "moral codes" cannot do.
Please, tell me, if you get morality from the Bible, what forbids you from rape? Tell me...
Let's be honest: the world is full of scumbags, some of whom are atheists, and some deeply religious. It also contains many thoroughly decent people, and the same applies. There seems to be little connection between religious faith OR the lack of it and a "firm sense of morality". What morality does connect with is something more elusive, a sense of one's responsibility to oneself, to others and to the planet that might be called spirituality. However, this takes many forms and theists don't have a monopoly.
Mortok wrote:
"Really? Prison statistics beg to differ." Now now, those prison statistics are biased.
Everybody knows you get better treatment by the Parole Board if you tell them you've Found the Lord.
Unlike atheists, fundies have no firm sense of when they are completely batshit crazy.
Fixed, and sentence structure is better.
Atheist with a very firm sense of morality here to call you on your bullshit.
I've seen religious people say that the only thing that keeps them from going on a mass murder spree is that they think that an invisible man in the sky said it's a bad idea, to me that demonstrates an extreme lack of a firm sense of morality.
The thing that stop me from going on a mass murder spree (aside from the obvious fact that if I did that I'd go to jail), is that I have empathy and compassion for my fellow humans, and I consider the lives of thinking, feeling human beings to be inherently valuable, not because a god said so, but because they are unique individuals with their own abilities and personalities which (usually) make the world a richer place by existing.
What this person really should be saying is:
I am a moronic, judgemental crazy fundie who will one day realize, upon dying, that it was all for naught. That is all.
Yeah man, 'cause it's not like people of faith sometimes judge, assault, threaten, persecute and murder others in the name of religion. Unlike those filthy atheists who try to ban gay marriage, stone innocent people to death and run around telling people that they're going to burn in hell for all eternity.
I'm Pagan, and believe there are multiple Gods, but I'm pretty sure this dude doesn't mean me when he says "people of faith." I wouldn't want him to, anyway.
Probably. But you don't have a just sense of morality. A fair sense of morality.
Your morality is that gays shouldn't be treated like people because the Bible says so. Your morality says that you should stone unruly children because a book says so. Your morality is firm, but it is barbaric, vindictive, and evil.
"Atheists have no firm sense of morality. Unlike people of faith"
Yes. Like the Crusaders. The Conquistadores. Tomas De Torquemada. Hitler (he was a Catholic). The KKK.
And every fundie who's bombed an abortion clinic for JAYZARSE!
@ conservativevoice
You eejit, it's Christopher Hitchens.
If you're going to make arguments, make them accurately. It doesn't take a second to check these things. If you get it so wrong, it makes you look like a fundie (they never check anything).
fergus
Atheists have their conscience, people of faith have their Bible.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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