RE: Does the World Need Religion?
January 25, 2017 at 1:33 pm
(This post was last modified: January 25, 2017 at 1:35 pm by phoenix31.)
(January 25, 2017 at 1:23 pm)Jesster Wrote:(January 25, 2017 at 1:19 pm)phoenix31 Wrote: Well I don't necessarily agree that you could make anyone believe any system. And because if morality is relative, without religion, anybody can choose his or her own morality and doesn't have to go along with any particular secular moral code.
And because morality is relative, anybody can also choose to ignore the doctrine of a religious society.
And now we are going around in circles. You seem to think that a religious society is somehow able to sidestep the relative morality issue. Why is that?
I know anybody can choose to ignore the doctrine of a religious society. I was just saying that they often don't because they believe morality is not relative.
I don't recognize when I'm going in circles and I'm not good at arguing. So maybe that's the end of this discussion...
(January 25, 2017 at 1:32 pm)Omnibus E Plrus Nhilist Wrote: Atheists aren't any more likely to commit atrocities than religious people but just a likely. Being an atheist is no more an assurance of love of humanity or antisemitism (for instance) as anyone else.
Did you see my post earlier about the amount of atrocities perpetuated by atheists? I wonder what your take is on that.