(September 28, 2018 at 5:34 pm)Bahana Wrote: Do you think this is a good statement to make? It seems to me like they are trying to prove themselves to religious people. Is it a response to religious people who think atheists are less moral? I would rather not dignify that. If you wanna address that argument then bring it to them but to use that as your motivation is low rent.
1. We should not have to "prove" ourselves to anyone.
2. But no, it is not a good statement to make because our behaviors are always individual and vary from individual to individual.
Our species behaviors both good and bad, our ability to be cruel or compassionate, have always been in our evolution, and were around before any written language or label we assign ourselves as individuals.
There are atheists I do not think are good such as Ayn Rand so no, judgment still remains an individual thing.
Are we capable of compassion and non violence? Certainly we are capable of it, but a word doesn't make it automatic. It is still up to all human beings as to how we choose to interact with each other. Labels do not have magic powers, not theist or atheist. Actions are how we compare and that should always be an individual judgment.
