Quote:They have morals but I feel morals are not enough. I feel that a fire whose fuel is men and stones is better at keeping people in line.Really? Don't think so some how. Fear is a terrible motivational method. Fear leads to hate, hate leads to rebellion, ect ect.
Now, I don't believe hell is at all needed to deter bad actions. Understanding and care for your fellow man and holding the common accepted standards of ethics is all that is needed.
God must be a terrible leader to need a hell to keep people in line.
I've been an atheist all my life, and never have I harmed another person. Never stole, never killed and never beaten anyone.
It's because morality does not come from religion.
Besides, you have yet to give reasons to fear any kind of hell. Evidence as well. No point fearing something that isn't real. Plus there is faulty logic in the whole hell thing anyway.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
