Maximizing Moral Virtue

[The Grand Nudger]

Do you have any virtues? Or do you just have enemies? 

That was kind of the whole point of this OP, but it seems that you guys are more attracted to a war with someone else's imaginary friend than a fly is to shit.

So you haven't noticed all of the communistic rable rousing on campus lately? Or the useful anti-capitalist protests?
I submit to you that Karl Marx is indeed alive and well within our university system, and it was precisely this kind theological ignorance which lead to the original communistic revolutions to begin with. The people, being made to worship, rejected the old gods and chose to make a god out of man and well what did we get? Stalin, Mao, Lenin, and Marx, these men sought to make themselves into a god, deciding how markets should distribute themselves.

Go shout crazed maga shit at someone else.  This is about maximizing moral virtue..remember?  

When did Jesus say that believing in God made you a good boy? It's not about belief it is about adherence to commandments, or, if you prefer, adherence to the moral virtue behind them.

To answer your question, it depends on which gods we're discussing, some are examples of what not to do, many are flawed, some are tragic but ultimately, the stories they tell us are meant to inspire men to their greater nature (much like our modern super heroes). Weather you believe in them or not truly isn't the question, but weather or not you guys have a solution that will inspire men to valor. 

It seems you are convinced that only theists do evil? How can that be? If evil isn't already within our own mind? Within our own nature? Are you really going to blame a collective belief in Harry Potter for all of the wrongs of the past? If your world view is true then why do you hate my imaginary friends so much? And, what will you replace them with?

"Wise men wonder while strong men die."

I'm convinced of no such thing, and that's a glorious bit of projection given the op premise and your comments right here as well, isn't it?  I don't think evil is so much within our nature as within our ability - but that's a quibble over language, really, and I could point out to you that if it's in mans nature to do evil..if you believe this... it's no surprise than mans gods, described by men, are much the same.  Why the christian god, for example, believes that you can wash away evil by killing the better man. Or why it thinks it's some silly king and we all owe it something. Why it bombs cities, engages in biological warfare against the firstborn of egypt. etc...etc...etc....

For my part, my moral beliefs are quite a bit simpler and a whole lot less rapey. Don't harm, do help.