RE: Evil Atheists
September 11, 2011 at 2:50 pm
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2011 at 2:50 pm by Skepsis.)
(September 11, 2011 at 9:48 am)Epimethean Wrote: Hell of a good post which points out the problem so many have been attempting to reveal: Man-made religions are as subjective in their morality as any other human construct, and the ancient lack of separation between church and state is very good underscoring of this.
Right on the mark here! Especially when you have no evidence that a given religion is even likely, much less true. You just cannot claim an ultimate morality in this scenario; you are likely to have a morality that differs from your religion anyway.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell