(January 23, 2017 at 3:32 pm)Aroura Wrote:(January 23, 2017 at 3:08 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: If they are, are you living your life consistent with the logical conclusions of that opinion? Seems to me that a lot of AF members have rejected Christianity yet still try to justify their belief that human equality and personal autonomy are valid secular moral principles. Of course atheists can be good without god, but they cannot logically claim to be good without referencing some transcendent source of the good.
Why are they not valid if humans get to make the rules (because they are subjective)? Why can we not decide to be good?
(January 23, 2017 at 3:19 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Sometimes the right thing to do is both impractical and dangerous, like helping a persecuted minority escape from a genocidal regime.So you are saying it requires belief in God to act unselfishly. And CL Kudosed this.
Good to know.
He actually said the opposite of that.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
