(May 27, 2015 at 2:56 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:(May 26, 2015 at 7:29 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: If there is no God, then there is no hell; and if there is no hell, then there are no ultimate, eternal repercussions, good or bad, for how we live out our mortal lives. Of course, atheists insist that people should be "good without God."
But why? If God does not exist, why be good?
Being good allows us to make it through the day without going ape-crap crazy and killing everyone. When people go bad very bad things happen. Sometimes the normal legal system isn't enough to control people, which is why there are riots and wars.
But if people ARE good as Rob insists, why do people need outside influence to NOT riot, etc?
Look at Baltimore. In the absence of police presence, society is breaking down? Now, picture this on a larger scale?
Why should anyone ever do anything other than look out for themselves? This is the reason, according to a recent piece in the Washington Post, that men are not interested in getting married. They can get what they want from women without commitment, so why give up their freedom? IOW, they don't have to be "good".
Life without consequences...
