RE: Tooth Fairy Bullshit
January 23, 2017 at 3:32 pm
(This post was last modified: January 23, 2017 at 3:33 pm by Aroura.)
(January 23, 2017 at 3:08 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(January 23, 2017 at 2:46 pm)Cephus Wrote: Because those are all subjective questions.
If they are, are you living your life consistent with the logical conclusions of that opinion? Seems to me that a lot of AF members have rejected Christianity yet still try to justify their belief that human equality and personal autonomy are valid secular moral principles. Of course atheists can be good without god, but they cannot logically claim to be good without referencing some transcendent source of the good.
Why are they not valid if humans get to make the rules (because they are subjective)? Why can we not decide to be good?
(January 23, 2017 at 3:19 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:So you are saying it requires belief in God to act unselfishly. And CL Kudosed this.(January 23, 2017 at 3:15 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Practicality would be one reason. Self interest.
Sometimes the right thing to do is both impractical and dangerous, like helping a persecuted minority escape from a genocidal regime.
Good to know.
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