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Atheists; what do you base your morals on?
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on?
(March 16, 2013 at 12:13 pm)jstrodel Wrote: America is 80% Christian. There is nothing unreasonable about wanting the system to reflect the interests of the majority, or at least allow the majority an option of putting their tax dollars elsewhere.

You don't realize how authoritarian you are.

You have a constitution specifically designed so that the whim of the majority doesn't interfere with the rights of minorities. You got a problem with it, take it up with your founding fathers.

Beyond that, you're still missing the point: nobody is telling you not to preach your religion, nor are they restricting your ability to do so. Hell, given that churches are exempt from paying taxes, I'd say they're getting off far better than they should be. But schools are for learning facts, and that's pretty much the end of the discussion, as far as I'm concerned. Schools are for learning factual things, and the fact that there are thousands of denominations of christianity sort of tells me that there's not even an agreement on the facts about your own religion within your own religion.

Besides, if your god is real, if your religious beliefs are true and reflect reality, then what reason do you have to be concerned? The truth cannot be harmed by the input of additional information; learning new things would only shine a light brighter on things that are true. If your faith is correct, then every fact would point to it, everything one learns in school would only strengthen the conviction in the creator. The truth does not fear investigation, it encourages it. This isn't an atheism vs religion point, by the way, it's just me expressing how baffled I am at your apparent fear of learning, away from the constant pressure of your dogma. If what you believe is true, then what are you afraid is going to happen?

I will, however, take a moment to point out the absurdity of you calling me authoritarian moments after you advocate for mandatory christian religious teaching in school regardless of the faith of the students because, in your own words, there are more of your kind than there are of mine. That's some good irony.
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RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Cinjin - March 11, 2013 at 11:32 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Cinjin - March 11, 2013 at 12:21 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Tonus - March 15, 2013 at 12:11 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by C3P0 - March 15, 2013 at 4:10 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 15, 2013 at 11:25 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Esquilax - March 16, 2013 at 12:41 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Nine - March 16, 2013 at 2:39 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 16, 2013 at 10:19 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 16, 2013 at 10:29 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 16, 2013 at 10:34 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Cato - March 17, 2013 at 1:01 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Tonus - March 17, 2013 at 10:05 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 18, 2013 at 4:20 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 19, 2013 at 11:11 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Tonus - March 22, 2013 at 10:35 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 23, 2013 at 3:56 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 23, 2013 at 5:24 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 23, 2013 at 6:06 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 24, 2013 at 9:10 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 24, 2013 at 10:18 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 24, 2013 at 11:29 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 25, 2013 at 4:43 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 25, 2013 at 8:05 am
Re: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by frz - March 18, 2013 at 11:27 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 19, 2013 at 10:39 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 19, 2013 at 10:45 pm

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