RE: Does the World Need Religion?
January 25, 2017 at 5:07 pm
(This post was last modified: January 25, 2017 at 5:08 pm by phoenix31.)
(January 25, 2017 at 4:54 pm)Jesster Wrote:(January 25, 2017 at 4:47 pm)phoenix31 Wrote: But it does make sense to me that there is less of a restraint for an atheist when it comes to committing heinous acts because of (some of) the reasons cited from that guy. (I don't even know who he is.)
... unless, of course, we have an alternative system. You're pretty much just saying that anarchy is a bad idea, if I were to compare this to political systems. Well of course we don't want anarchy! To finish this analogy, just because we toss out capitalism doesn't mean we go straight to anarchy. There are other possibilities. Atheists can follow other moral systems that do not require god worship. Why does plugging in a god suddenly make things better?
I am not just an atheist, for example. I am also a secular humanist. How does that make me more likely to be a bad person?
Yeah, that's a good point. I guess the part that confuses me is if morality is relative then humanism and nazism are both equal, it's just whatever the majority decides to be ethical is ethical. Idk. I'm getting confused so I'm probably not helping the conversation at all. Sorry.