RE: Answers needed
June 25, 2015 at 11:05 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2015 at 11:09 pm by Louis Chérubin.)
(June 25, 2015 at 10:59 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Welcome, Loius.
My answering those questions is contingent upon whether you're here to have a fruitful discussion or push an find some converts.
We're all well aware that asking questions is step one in the proselytizer's handbook, and I'm naturally skeptical of someone that dives in with both feet without an introduction thread.
I'm searching for other worldviews. Online forums are not known for producing converts. :-)
(June 25, 2015 at 11:04 pm)das_atheist Wrote:(June 25, 2015 at 10:58 pm)Louis Chérubin Wrote: I'm not saying atheists can't be moral. Atheists are moral (have a moral sense of right and wrong). My question is why. Universal morality implies a standard higher than man.
I think moral traits were evolutionarily beneficial. A simple example is to think about murder. A population that murders eachother is not going to thrive compared to a population that works together.
Natural selection is usually only applied to individuals though. Murder is often good for the survival of an individual. Why do so many people not want to murder (since you brought up the topic). Why would you care about the life of another person, presuming you could get away with it?
