What makes us moral to each other has already been stated. The golden rule is by no means associated only with the Christian god. Any one with any intellictual facilities should be able to see that treating others with respect is a better approach that not most of the time. Evil people will be evil no matter what god is currently worshiped or not. If fear is the only motivation to be a "good" person then maturity has not been reached. It was only in child hood that I needed the fear of punishment to be good. Now I am an adult and I can see the wisdom of "good over bad" actions with out fear of reprisal.
For example (and i will be horrificly blunt): I want a certain woman that i see but she doesn't want me. My options are to leave here be or abduct and rape her. Even if i didn't have to worry about jail time the truth is that once I did that she would be damaged forever. Her children would grow up learning fear of the world (especialy old guys like me). She might not reach her potential as a person thus lessening the good she could have done the world. In all it tends to break down the comfort and security that the basic unit of society needs to thrive and all because I wanted an hour of selfish pleasure.
I'm not a gueinus but even I can figure out all of this and understand why we should be moral. I don't need a god to explain that to me not that God was ever againts rape.
That's not even mentioning our empathy an somewhat normal humans (not sociopaths). If I hurt someone who hasn't hurt me then I hurt. If I make them feel well/happy then i feel that too.
For example (and i will be horrificly blunt): I want a certain woman that i see but she doesn't want me. My options are to leave here be or abduct and rape her. Even if i didn't have to worry about jail time the truth is that once I did that she would be damaged forever. Her children would grow up learning fear of the world (especialy old guys like me). She might not reach her potential as a person thus lessening the good she could have done the world. In all it tends to break down the comfort and security that the basic unit of society needs to thrive and all because I wanted an hour of selfish pleasure.
I'm not a gueinus but even I can figure out all of this and understand why we should be moral. I don't need a god to explain that to me not that God was ever againts rape.
That's not even mentioning our empathy an somewhat normal humans (not sociopaths). If I hurt someone who hasn't hurt me then I hurt. If I make them feel well/happy then i feel that too.
