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Why 'should' atheists be moral?
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RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral?
December 2, 2014 at 2:16 pm (This post was last modified: December 2, 2014 at 2:17 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
I think the moral dimension is a human abstraction, an overlay created to explain socio-genetic proclivities. Humans crave explanations and seek patterns even where they don't exist. I don't think the field of morailty is exempt from that drive, myself.

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Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 12:48 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by LostLocke - November 28, 2014 at 12:58 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Chad32 - November 28, 2014 at 1:03 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 1:13 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Grandizer - November 28, 2014 at 7:44 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 1:09 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Esquilax - November 28, 2014 at 1:13 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Esquilax - November 28, 2014 at 1:46 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 1:53 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Esquilax - November 28, 2014 at 2:22 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 2:39 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by abaris - November 28, 2014 at 2:41 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 2:44 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by abaris - November 28, 2014 at 2:46 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Chad32 - November 28, 2014 at 1:17 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Exian - November 28, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 1:27 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Exian - November 28, 2014 at 2:00 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mister Agenda - December 2, 2014 at 12:17 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Angrboda - December 2, 2014 at 1:13 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mister Agenda - December 2, 2014 at 5:07 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by bennyboy - December 2, 2014 at 5:14 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Whateverist - January 4, 2015 at 1:10 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Neo-Scholastic - November 28, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Chad32 - November 28, 2014 at 1:50 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mister Agenda - December 1, 2014 at 11:58 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by The Grand Nudger - November 28, 2014 at 1:22 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 1:36 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by The Grand Nudger - November 28, 2014 at 1:30 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 1:42 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by The Grand Nudger - November 28, 2014 at 1:39 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by The Grand Nudger - November 28, 2014 at 1:52 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 2:02 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Exian - November 28, 2014 at 2:18 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by The Grand Nudger - November 28, 2014 at 1:54 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by robvalue - November 28, 2014 at 1:55 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 2:15 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Exian - November 28, 2014 at 2:33 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by abaris - November 28, 2014 at 2:36 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Exian - November 28, 2014 at 2:40 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by LostLocke - November 28, 2014 at 2:48 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by The Grand Nudger - November 28, 2014 at 2:09 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 2:28 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by robvalue - November 28, 2014 at 2:26 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by The Grand Nudger - November 28, 2014 at 2:28 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by robvalue - November 28, 2014 at 2:42 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 28, 2014 at 2:49 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by The Grand Nudger - November 28, 2014 at 2:55 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Chad32 - November 28, 2014 at 3:39 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by robvalue - November 28, 2014 at 3:14 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Angrboda - November 28, 2014 at 4:38 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Exian - November 28, 2014 at 6:09 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 7:11 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Ben Davis - November 28, 2014 at 7:21 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 7:33 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by abaris - November 28, 2014 at 7:40 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Exian - November 28, 2014 at 7:42 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 28, 2014 at 7:53 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Grandizer - November 28, 2014 at 8:19 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Ben Davis - November 28, 2014 at 8:23 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mequa - November 28, 2014 at 11:19 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by robvalue - November 29, 2014 at 12:24 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by mralstoner - November 29, 2014 at 12:40 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by robvalue - November 29, 2014 at 12:55 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mudhammam - November 29, 2014 at 2:34 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Neo-Scholastic - November 30, 2014 at 5:56 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Grandizer - November 30, 2014 at 8:41 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Thumpalumpacus - November 29, 2014 at 2:50 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by bennyboy - November 29, 2014 at 2:57 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by vincent150 - November 29, 2014 at 6:09 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by mralstoner - November 29, 2014 at 6:55 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Grandizer - November 29, 2014 at 9:14 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 1, 2014 at 10:20 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by mralstoner - December 1, 2014 at 9:56 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Tonus - November 29, 2014 at 7:05 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Whateverist - November 29, 2014 at 9:37 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by MysticKnight - November 30, 2014 at 12:54 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Whateverist - November 30, 2014 at 2:30 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mudhammam - November 30, 2014 at 5:17 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by MysticKnight - November 30, 2014 at 5:37 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mudhammam - November 30, 2014 at 6:00 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by MysticKnight - November 30, 2014 at 8:03 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mudhammam - December 1, 2014 at 9:32 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by MysticKnight - December 1, 2014 at 6:29 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mudhammam - December 1, 2014 at 6:33 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by MysticKnight - December 1, 2014 at 6:47 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mudhammam - December 1, 2014 at 6:53 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by MysticKnight - December 1, 2014 at 7:39 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mudhammam - December 2, 2014 at 12:00 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by robvalue - November 30, 2014 at 2:50 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by The Valkyrie - November 30, 2014 at 6:08 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by abaris - November 30, 2014 at 6:12 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by simplemoss - December 1, 2014 at 9:58 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 2, 2014 at 2:16 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 2, 2014 at 3:32 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by abaris - December 2, 2014 at 3:37 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by LastPoet - December 2, 2014 at 3:41 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 2, 2014 at 4:07 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mudhammam - December 2, 2014 at 4:31 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 2, 2014 at 5:10 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by abaris - December 2, 2014 at 5:13 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mudhammam - December 2, 2014 at 7:25 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 2, 2014 at 8:55 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mudhammam - December 2, 2014 at 9:54 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Mister Agenda - December 2, 2014 at 5:28 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Esquilax - January 4, 2015 at 12:02 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Indiveren - December 2, 2014 at 10:15 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by bennyboy - December 2, 2014 at 10:57 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Indiveren - December 3, 2014 at 12:02 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 3, 2014 at 7:25 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Indiveren - December 3, 2014 at 7:30 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Exian - December 3, 2014 at 7:43 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Indiveren - December 3, 2014 at 7:46 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Exian - December 3, 2014 at 7:57 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Indiveren - December 3, 2014 at 8:10 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by BlackMason - January 4, 2015 at 8:33 am
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by Brian37 - January 4, 2015 at 12:07 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by robvalue - January 4, 2015 at 1:08 pm
RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral? - by CapnAwesome - January 4, 2015 at 1:13 pm

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