Quote:Come on this is basic stuff here. We're talking about motivation here: Certain fundamentals in certain scriptures taken to the extreme can motivate violence. Not believing in an imaginary God cannot motivate violence.
Once again, making an argument I am not in disagreement with.
I said our behaviors stem from evolution. If you insist that being an atheist is key to being moral, you are the type of atheist I do not trust to pass humanity down a less violent world.
Female lions will help protect other's cubs, male lions have a tendency to kill rival cubs. Just because you take away religious motivations, other motivations will not exist. We are animals too, we forget that we will end up doing no better ourselves.
We observe violence and cooperation in other species as well, humans are no different. Ayn Rand was an atheist but her ideas of economics is very cruel to those with less if she ran for office today, she would have to run on the Republican or Libertarian ticket. Atheists can suffer from flawed logic too.
We are individuals too, we cant forget that just because we hold the common "off" position.
