(October 1, 2011 at 12:45 am)coffeeveritas Wrote: So you don't think that there are people who've become better people because they embraced faith? Do you think someone like MLK would have been the same kind of leader without his faith?
(I'm totally willing to concede that there are people who have become worse people for embracing some crazy religious ideas, just asking if you see how some religious beliefs could be positive.)
I don't know if some people have become "better" because they embraced faith. I can see how a sudden belief in a deity would correlate with better behavior, but not necessarily truly becoming a better person. I think that MLK would would have done what he did regardless of his faith, or lack thereof. Being an atheist doesn't make you an immoral jackass. I'm probably a better person now that I lack faith.
