Peace...
Yeah...you missed my point. Lets clear this up. Most educated people stand a better chance of earning a decent income than their uneducated counterparts. it not the atheisms that increases the probabilty of earning more it is the education. i asked how the world would be affected if the uneducated and poor were exposed to and accepted the message of Hitchens and Dawkins I used those two because they both have a proliferate message which has spread beyond academic circles.
Atheist often use themselves as evidence of the intrinsic moral character of atheists. I contend that moral norms are more cultural than anything else and that these norms originate from the religious values of the founders of the society. Poverty and desperation erodes the fiber of morality and social norms. The relationship between moral normatives and poverty is inversely proportional. In the moment of temptation and despair religion provides hope and comfort. If you strip the people of the hope and the comfort you leave them in anger and do nothing to quench the thirst for retribution.
Whirling Moat
Quote:My point was(and still is) that you are blowing past how atheists become atheists and how that level of critical thinking applies to the rest of their day-to-day behavior. You said it yourself, most atheists become so after educating themselves, then you applied their atheistic beliefs to the uneducated and how it would affect criminal behavior typical of the uneducated. Your premise is massively flawed. Those that think on the level of your typical atheist, aren't your rapists, prostitutes, etc, etc.
Yeah...you missed my point. Lets clear this up. Most educated people stand a better chance of earning a decent income than their uneducated counterparts. it not the atheisms that increases the probabilty of earning more it is the education. i asked how the world would be affected if the uneducated and poor were exposed to and accepted the message of Hitchens and Dawkins I used those two because they both have a proliferate message which has spread beyond academic circles.
Atheist often use themselves as evidence of the intrinsic moral character of atheists. I contend that moral norms are more cultural than anything else and that these norms originate from the religious values of the founders of the society. Poverty and desperation erodes the fiber of morality and social norms. The relationship between moral normatives and poverty is inversely proportional. In the moment of temptation and despair religion provides hope and comfort. If you strip the people of the hope and the comfort you leave them in anger and do nothing to quench the thirst for retribution.
Whirling Moat
