(June 26, 2015 at 5:04 pm)abaris Wrote:(June 26, 2015 at 4:22 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: The Bible is no deterrent to rape, murder and stealing for someone who really wants to do it.
No. Under certain circumstances it can serve to enforce vile behavior.
What you're missing in your thread is the fact that what we call immoral behavior is simply human. It's neither tied to religion nor to it's absence. It's up to the individual to respect some basic rules of society. There is no safety belt provided by faith or it's absence.
True. And that renders religion morally irrelevant as tonechaser said.
You have hit the nail on the head. Religion keeps people feeling guilty by pointing to things that are naturally human and making them immoral. Theists may be idiots, but they are brilliant idiots.
After 25 years of Christian indoctrination, I've had to violently reject everything I'd been taught so that I could examine what was really important.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
