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Atheist arguments and the morality of God.
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RE: Atheist arguments and the morality of God.
(April 5, 2014 at 8:04 am)Alex K Wrote:
(April 5, 2014 at 7:56 am)Cato Wrote: The challenge quickly dismantles the theist argument that religion is required for morality.

No, you could still argue that while the atheist may do those things from time to time, it's by chance, and with religion they are done more frequently, more likely.

Care to back that up?

Honestly, that's not the actual point of Hitchens' argument. As Cato has said, it demolishes the notion of the religious mantra that morality, and morally 'good' deeds are only possible because of faith. The actual frequency of these aforementioned 'good' deeds is actually irrelevant. Although I suspect if we got into detail about it, and actually examined even anecdotal evidence, your proposition would probably be false.
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RE: Atheist arguments and the morality of God. - by Fidel_Castronaut - April 5, 2014 at 10:24 am
RE: Atheist arguments and the morality of God. - by tor - April 5, 2014 at 7:04 am
RE: Atheist arguments and the morality of God. - by tor - April 5, 2014 at 4:33 pm
RE: Atheist arguments and the morality of God. - by tor - April 5, 2014 at 4:50 pm
RE: Atheist arguments and the morality of God. - by tor - April 5, 2014 at 5:44 pm
RE: Atheist arguments and the morality of God. - by tor - April 5, 2014 at 6:12 pm
RE: Atheist arguments and the morality of God. - by tor - April 5, 2014 at 6:18 pm
RE: Atheist arguments and the morality of God. - by tor - April 5, 2014 at 6:27 pm
RE: Atheist arguments and the morality of God. - by tor - April 5, 2014 at 6:45 pm

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