(April 20, 2014 at 11:36 am)Sid Wrote:(April 19, 2014 at 6:28 pm)Esquilax Wrote: If you removed any form of moral compass which, coincidentally, atheists do not do. We have our own moral code, constructed from things a little more firm and reasonable than "magic man sez not to, not because he dislikes rape, but because he only wants us to have sex when we're married."
As a rather disturbing consequence though, you have inadvertently revealed the fact that you consider the rape of underage girls to be a pleasant thing, and that the only thing stopping you from doing so is that, indeed, magic man is threatening you if you do. We atheists don't consider rape and pedophilia a "good night out," but you clearly do.
And what wise man in today's society, or your atheist belief system, sets such moral standards? Seeing that MAN is infinitely flawed, what, or more precisely, "who" is king of the jungle for you? Politics? Science? The Courts? You Father in law? Old man Charles from down the street? It would seem to me the promise of being an atheist should lead me to a conclusion that whatever is good for me, no one else matters. I will anticipate replies of how generous and loving and charitable ya'll are. But why would you? You have no Almighty watching, so screw the next guy, and take what's yours. And hurry up because you only live here for a short time, and you don't have an eternity waiting for you, So, go get while the getting is good.
By the way, have a Happy and Blessed Easter!
Are you seriously so sick and fucked up in the head that you need an almighty to give you morals? That sounds like a personal problem to me. By all means, if you are a horrible monster with no sympathy, empathy, or compassion please keep believing in god and hell.
I, however, need no almighty power to tell me how to behave. No threats of burning for eternity nor promises of eternal bliss are necessary. I am simply not inclined to hurt anyone. I find the idea of inflicting pain on others to be abhorrent. Maybe I am selfish, because I have been told that at some deep level inside I have evolved to be kind to other people because it benefits me to do so. But I don't ever think about it, I never sit around and contemplate shall I be kind and considerate to people or shall I be horrible and cruel, and why?
I just don't ever consider being cruel as an option. It never comes up in my mind until some douche on the internet asks me how I can stop myself from raping and killing if I don't believe in gawd. And then then, you know, the most prevalent thought in my mind is, if the only reason you refrain from pedophilia, rape, murder, etc. is because god, then you are not a man you are a monster.
