RE: as an atheist, what kind of morality do you foster in your lives?
April 19, 2014 at 12:51 am
my morals is to try to reach out to people and give them joy and always treat them with respect. I also try my best not to lie to them.
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Treat people how I would like to be treated. Not sure where I heard that....
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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April 19, 2014 at 1:28 am
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(April 19, 2014 at 1:12 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Treat people how I would like to be treated. Not sure where I heard that.... the golden rule is not exactly a good idea. treat people the way how they want to be treat is a better idea. "Do unto others as they would have you do unto them, not as you would have them do unto you." - platinum rule.
Hrm... that seems to require some mind reading...
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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April 19, 2014 at 1:34 am
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(April 19, 2014 at 1:29 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Hrm... that seems to require some mind reading... fine, i'll put it super simple for you, golden rule = you want to be greeted with a smile and a hug so you do that to other people, but there are some people who just don't like hugs. if you do that to people who don't like hugs, that isn't respectful. platinum rule = they want to be greeted with a smile and a hug, and you do that to them, that is much more respectful for them, abide to their wishes if you want, they don't want to be greeted with a smile and a hug, you don't greet them with a smile and a hug "I like having doors held open for me, but Jane prefers to open her own doors. Instead of insisting that she shut up and let me open her doors, I abide by the Platinum Rule, and I let her open her own doors when she wants to." - urbandictionary
Right. I'll put it super simple for you.
I don't know everyone on the planet. So I can't know what their preferences are. That's where my comment about mind reading comes in. So, in lieu of mind reading, I can treat people how I would like to be treated until I get to know them. The 'platinum rule' is just an extension of the golden rule. If I know someone and they know me, I will treat them how I now know they would like to be treated because that is how I want to be treated. Try not to be an officious douche.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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You can learn the preferences of each individual by experience, and (within reason) keep to them later on.
I had a friend growing up who hated having doors held open for her, due to an "I can do it my damn self" philosophy. It was so bad, several times I held a door when she had two arms full of expensive camera equipment, and literally could not open the door on her own without risking dropping it. Was I violating her preferences in how she wanted to be treated? Sure. But she wasn't being reasonable. It would have been unreasonable for me to stand and watch her struggle, and eventually drop something. 
"As an atheist" I don't have belief in deities, which has nothing to do with my morality. As Becca, I just try to do what I think is best for my loved ones, myself, and society.
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