RE: Moral standards
August 1, 2014 at 4:27 am
(This post was last modified: August 1, 2014 at 4:29 am by Whateverist.)
(August 1, 2014 at 3:58 am)GodsRevolt Wrote:(August 1, 2014 at 3:42 am)whateverist Wrote: Just think of all the scumbag Christian television personalities who have used money needed by old people barely getting by to buy gold plated bathroom fixtures. Or the ones who keep getting caught abusing drugs or having affairs with people in their own 'flock' or paying for a homosexual prostitute. God's commandments don't seem so very hard to disregard even for those who profess to embrace them as true believers. I wouldn't lose any sleep worrying about what atheists may do without this ineffectual device of yours.
You name acts done by Christians and seem to be labeling them as wrong, would it be different if an atheist was doing these things?
Or is the problem that Christians say things are wrong and then do them?
No it wouldn't be any different if an atheist was exploiting old people to the point where they had to make do with too little to eat or without all their meds.
Same goes for anyone, theist or atheist, who makes it a point to talk down homosexuality, sexual promiscuity or drugs when they themselves are indulging what they call a vice. Religious or not, it is a good idea to have your own house in order if you want to chide others on their behavior.
(You haven't addressed my chief point: that morality is like so many other phenomena in which we find our sensibilities align quite nicely with the vast majority of our peers.)