(January 26, 2019 at 11:34 am)Acrobat Wrote:(January 26, 2019 at 9:17 am)unfogged Wrote: Atheists can have conviction in something greater than themselves -- reality; this is far more inspiring and profound than anything offered by a god
And their version of reality lacks any moral aims and purposes, doesn’t convince a man to take the hand off of his brother neck, or laddle benediction on the heads of strangers rather than curses.
All their version of reality tells us is all is permissible.
No, it doesn't say "all is permissible". It doesn't say anything at all. The universe is, as far as we have determined, not sentient. Morality is something we need to devise in order to make our brief existence as good as it can possibly be because we are the ones that feel.
What you are saying, in essence, is that you are unable to find any reason to be a decent human being without having some authority figure hold a carrot and stick over your head. That says far more about you than it does about atheists.
