(February 9, 2016 at 1:51 pm)athrock Wrote:(February 9, 2016 at 11:55 am)Brian37 Wrote: No sorry, quoting a holy book is what every religion does.
Of course. Like scientists are still relying on some of the laws of physics and mathematics and chemistry that were laid down long ago. Duh.
Quote:And no, morals are NOT universal in the context of human invented religion.
Our species ability to be cruel or compassionate is in our evolution, not old comic books. Not the bible, not the Quran not the Vedas, none of them.
That was then this is now. It was understandable back the that people wrote those things and others bought those things. We have a much better scientific understanding of evolution and the universe now.
Okay, so Stalin evolved to kill millions of his own people without giving it a second thought. That was just "survival of the fittest".
Knock it off, "atheist" does not equal dictator. GROW UP.
I am sorry it bothers you that we don't need your bronze age comic book and it's claim of a fictional sky hero. That is your baggage, not ours.
AND NO, evolution is not "survival of the fittest". It is "ability to adapt". Health and brawn are only ONE aspect of evolution, but not the most important.
Saying that our ability to be cruel or compassion is based in evolution is not advocating mass genocide jackass.
And you have some nerve trying to equate atheists to Stalin considering the infanticide and genocide stories in your bronze age comic book. FYI Russian Orthodox Christianity never left Russia, even under Stalin. Stalin was not anti-religion, he was anti-competition to the state. Putin quotes the Christian god all the time, and he most certainly is a dictator. Putin wants to take Russia back to the cold war status.
"atheist" is not a moral code either, it will not automatically make someone a genocidal dictator.
Any thing humans do that is bad is because of evolution, anything humans do that is good is also based on evolution. No atheist I would call sane that is westernized values dictators. Repeat that garbage again, and I wont be so nice with my words.