RE: Theists: Hitchens Wager
April 22, 2018 at 3:25 pm
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2018 at 3:28 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(April 22, 2018 at 1:31 pm)henryp Wrote: "Everyone else should behave according to the same moral system I do"
Anyone can state that.
(April 22, 2018 at 2:19 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: A believer may donate a million dollars to charity in the hopes that it will help him reach heaven. An atheist, not believing in heaven, may be less likely to do that.
It's not something that an atheist can't do.
And an atheist may be more likely to do it for other reasons. Like actually giving a shit about people instead of trying to please God or get to Heaven.
For starters, if I had 100 million I'd give like 90 million to charity just because I don't need all that money.
The hopes to get to heaven part isn't relevant morally. All that matters is the donating to charity. And that is something an atheist can do just as much as a theist.
Also, what's more, a theist is more likely to donate it to the church... which puts them at a disadvantage morally.