Decline of religion

[Hippea Fly Guy]

Fair enough, share where it derives it's authority? There are no natural law parallels prohibitions or proscriptions for stealing, deception or killing these are all effective survival strategies rewarded in nature and anathema to democracy.

You are a human and presumably an atheist, why don't you ask your self why you aren't killing, robbing, and raping people? Is it maybe because of the sense of empathy?

People are also social beings, and once they began living in groups, they realized that there had to be some rules of behavior or there would be chaos.

I am a human and an atheist. I did kill and rob for 30+ years, I was in charge for a lot of it. I fought and led battles, burned stores, seized property. All done under the authority of the government, civilized society, Democracy er Constitutional Republic even.  I don't do these things anymore; partially because the lifestyle I live leaves little time to do much else.  Physical confrontation is never better than 50/50 even a minor injury can be mortal,  it's simply risk vs reward. I do not take what I want because the physical risk is great, I do not visit violence because the risk is greater. Simple, as nature intended it- outside the Garden.

Empathy? resounding no. I do not concern myself with anything that does not affect my ability to maintain 98.6F full stop. I don't care what happens out of my sight for the same reason.

Yes Homo Sapiens are social animals, dangerous ones. So are termites, lions, wolves and feral dogs. What makes our way better than theirs, other than the fact they don't shield themselves from the "cosmic" process or have society to protect them from mother nature. The second part is more profound than you realize, if you took the time to think about it. The "once they began living in groups" is illustrative.

Cheers,

Hippea