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Atheism and objective ethics
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RE: Atheism and objective ethics
Theists like to think they have the moral high ground. They don't.
What I find interesting is the fact that many theists don't see the bad in good people going to hell for simply lacking belief.
How many good people being tortured does it take before they see it as a bad thing? A hundred? Thousand? Million? How could you worship a god that would do that? Would it only become bad if one of your loved ones was sent to hell to be tortured? A parent? Bother/sister? Son/daughter? When does it become bad?

I think it's theists who need to rethink their sense of morality.

Morality doesn't come from religion, if it did. Mankind's history would have a lot less atrocities. Like the crusades, burning people at the stake, stonings, terrorism and out right intolerance.
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.
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Atheism and objective ethics - by martin02 - June 15, 2011 at 12:28 pm
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by DeistPaladin - June 15, 2011 at 12:57 pm
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by martin02 - June 15, 2011 at 1:23 pm
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by eric209 - June 15, 2011 at 1:04 pm
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by Violet - June 15, 2011 at 1:05 pm
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by lilphil1989 - June 15, 2011 at 4:54 pm
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by Epimethean - June 15, 2011 at 8:49 pm
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by The Magic Pudding - June 15, 2011 at 9:28 pm
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by martin02 - June 16, 2011 at 3:13 am
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by Boccaccio - June 16, 2011 at 6:51 am
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by martin02 - June 16, 2011 at 8:17 am
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by Ace Otana - June 16, 2011 at 7:40 am
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by twocompulsive - June 16, 2011 at 8:01 am
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by Epimethean - June 16, 2011 at 8:17 am
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by Boccaccio - June 16, 2011 at 7:53 pm
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by martin02 - June 17, 2011 at 6:57 am
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by Anymouse - June 17, 2011 at 7:28 am
RE: Atheism and objective ethics - by martin02 - June 17, 2011 at 9:29 am

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