RE: The difference between ethical atheism and nihlism is that ethical atheists have more faith
March 14, 2013 at 11:27 am
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2013 at 12:12 pm by Tranquility.)
(March 14, 2013 at 11:06 am)Texas Sailor Wrote: How do you educate children? How do you teach them the difference from right and wrong when there is no reason to obey it?
Teach them the truth. Teach them that the world isn't supposed to be this way or that way. That we are not supposed to do this or do that. That right and wrong, indeed all of morality, is the lesson of fools. Teach them to use prudence, wisdom, education, their hearts, and their well being to guide them in what they ought and ought not do.
(March 14, 2013 at 11:06 am)Texas Sailor Wrote: A good person is a person that lives in a way that is consistent with how people are created to live.
Teach your children the truth instead. That fulfillment is found in being true to the world around you, yourself, and your own heart. Not because you are supposed to, but because that is what these things bring. Teach them how to stand on their own and to think for themselves - how to judge for themselves. Teach them well so they too know how to tell what they ought and ought not do.
