Quote:This is one of the largest problems with Atheism. Atheists can be 'good' people. But everything is permissible
Bollocks
It's a conceit of the lunar religious right that they have a monopoly on morality.
YET AGAIN: Atheism is simply a disbelief in God(s).NOTHING ELSE IS IMPLIED OR MAY BE INFERRED.
ATHEISM IS NOT: a religion,an ideology,a moral code, a political party,a world view or a club.There is no such thing as an atheist position on ANY topic other than the existence of God.
Atheism is an effect,not a cause.My atheism comes via skepticism. My morality is that of moral relativism, which is NOT equal to immoral.
Do pay attention, there's a good chap.
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Quote:Moral relativism may be any of several descriptive, meta-ethical, or normative positions regarding the differences in moral or ethical judgments between different people and cultures:
Descriptive relativism is merely the positive or descriptive position that there exist, in fact, fundamental disagreements about the right course of action even when the same facts obtain and the same consequences seem likely to arise.[1]
Meta-ethical relativism, on the other hand, is the meta-ethical position that the truth or falsity of moral judgments, or their justification, is not objective or universal but instead relative to the traditions, convictions, or practices of a group of people.[2]
Normative relativism, further still, is the prescriptive or normative position that, as there is no universal moral standard by which to judge others, we ought to tolerate the behavior of others even when it runs counter to our personal or cultural moral standards.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_relativism