RE: Problems with atheism
August 17, 2011 at 12:50 pm
(This post was last modified: August 17, 2011 at 12:58 pm by thesummerqueen.)
Being human, and being that their understanding of morality is grounded in the concept of god, what makes ministers have a better understanding of morality than a kid on the street? That's all I'm saying. I'd rather ask a 5 year old what's right and wrong rather than some religious leaders. Counselors, therapists, mediators, people who deal with ethics - they can help as well, and are private.
Not a weakness.
Then again, I'm coming from a Jewish background and we don't have a priest equivalent. Rabbis are scholars amongst a "race" of people who are all supposed to be scholarly - much like a philosopher would be a scholar amongst a "race" of atheists who should all be educating themselves on ethics and morality.
Of course, all of this depends on the moral advice you needed - whether you required philosopher, counselor, therapist, etc.
(August 17, 2011 at 12:37 pm)Godnose Wrote: I suggest the fact that atheists so readily dismiss the value of the priest role in society is a terrific weakness in the viability of atheism as a socially acceptable philosophy.
Not a weakness.
Then again, I'm coming from a Jewish background and we don't have a priest equivalent. Rabbis are scholars amongst a "race" of people who are all supposed to be scholarly - much like a philosopher would be a scholar amongst a "race" of atheists who should all be educating themselves on ethics and morality.
Of course, all of this depends on the moral advice you needed - whether you required philosopher, counselor, therapist, etc.
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