RE: do religious people really believe?
February 24, 2013 at 11:43 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2013 at 11:45 pm by fr0d0.)
Thanks for the support apoplexia 
I think I fully accept atheists to be moral. I've said before, in my own experience people are generally the opposite of what you'd expect. Atheists can be very principled, and theists, especially Christians, the most unprincipled. Although in extreme cases, the really outstandingly selfless people I know are Christians. And the outstanding atheists I know can't always maintain their demeanour. That's just the people I have known though. Me myself I would say I'm as prone to following my natural urges as peepee here.
Buddhists seem to manage admirably at presenting the calm at peace exterior. That mask has always failed whenever challenged by something as abhorrent as Christianity is presented to them, for example. In my experience.
The real worth of ideology seems like a rare prize. And you see it flourish where it shouldn't. It happens against the odds, and in the most unlikely people and places.
I think I fully accept atheists to be moral. I've said before, in my own experience people are generally the opposite of what you'd expect. Atheists can be very principled, and theists, especially Christians, the most unprincipled. Although in extreme cases, the really outstandingly selfless people I know are Christians. And the outstanding atheists I know can't always maintain their demeanour. That's just the people I have known though. Me myself I would say I'm as prone to following my natural urges as peepee here.
Buddhists seem to manage admirably at presenting the calm at peace exterior. That mask has always failed whenever challenged by something as abhorrent as Christianity is presented to them, for example. In my experience.
The real worth of ideology seems like a rare prize. And you see it flourish where it shouldn't. It happens against the odds, and in the most unlikely people and places.
