Atheists; what do you base your morals on?

[jstrodel]

I'm no expert in politics...
*Suddenly realizes it doesn't need to be disproven unless jstrodel provides actual evidence to support it*

1/5th of the world is under Communism and vast other parts of Europe and elsewhere have leftist governments where the state substantially affects the way that societies develop. I am not going to make the claim that a massive public sector is the same as authoritarian communism, but it is authoritarianism. It can do some good though.

If you want evidence, look at your paycheck. See the parts of it which the government takes out. Someone takes the and moves it somewhere else.


I am not against all government social programs. The Bible says that people should redistribute wealth in the Old Testament. The issue for me is the future. What dominates peoples lives, it is the state or something else? What do people talk about and think about most of the time? Is it politics or other things? Who employs people? What does the education system look like, is it to indoctrinate in the ideology of the state or is it for other ends?

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Anyone with the integrity to realize that a belief that permits an at best, extremely tenuous understanding of ethics and sees that and accepts that maybe they shouldn't become a socialist messiah wins my respect.

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Interesting choice of words...

Darkstar, are you aware of the use of irony to communicate contradictions? You seem to be unware of this and point out my intentional use of these terms such as "liberal fascism" and "socialist messiah" as some sort of factual error, as opposed to the intentional irony that it is.