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Why be good?
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 RE: Why be good?
May 26, 2015 at 8:18 pm
(This post was last modified: May 26, 2015 at 8:18 pm by Whateverist.)
Good question. Why not just be authentic and trust that your essential nature will allow you to find your way? "Being good" has the feel of evaluating experience according to preset, external criteria and then doing your best to act accordingly. I'll let you worry about minding your P's and Q's, Carson. I'm gonna be me.
 (May 26, 2015 at 7:37 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: Another 'if there's no god where do your morals come from?'? This is not the first time that I heard you say something like that recently. Must be a contagious case of the "Arguments 8 year olds make for theism" going around.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
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Copenhagen School  Religious Views: Its all bullshit to keep you handing money to the usher. (May 26, 2015 at 7:29 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: If there is no God, then there is no hell; and if there is no hell, then there are no ultimate, eternal repercussions, good or bad, for how we live out our mortal lives. Of course, atheists insist that people should be "good without God." Since others have addressed at length let flip this around on you. Why are Catholics less moral?Aside from the systematic fuckibg of little boys by your church, american Catholics are statistically speaking both less educated and more likely to commit crimes. Why is that?'
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. 
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 (May 26, 2015 at 7:29 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: If there is no God, then there is no hell; and if there is no hell, then there are no ultimate, eternal repercussions, good or bad, for how we live out our mortal lives. Of course, atheists insist that people should be "good without God." If Yahweh did exist, the only reason to live a life that he approves of is that you might die suddenly. You may not have time to spend your last minutes apologizing for what you did and getting into heaven. You might be called least in heaven, like jesus said once, but at least you'll be in heaven. Many theists are good because they don't want to go to hell. Most atheists are good because they want to improve the world and people living in it. Just the idea that you are saying the carrot/stick is necessary to do good things speaks more about you than me.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason... http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/ Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50 A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh. http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html  RE: Why be good?
May 26, 2015 at 8:54 pm
(This post was last modified: May 26, 2015 at 9:00 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(May 26, 2015 at 7:29 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: If there is no God, then there is no hell; and if there is no hell, then there are no ultimate, eternal repercussions, good or bad, for how we live out our mortal lives. Of course, atheists insist that people should be "good without God." If you are so stupid you can't even figure this out, then maybe the only place where your stupidity wouldn't be out of place would be in some monkey pen where your chimp priests can tell you about the punishment awaiting you if you don't be the good little butt hole while they fuck you up the ass.  (May 26, 2015 at 8:42 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Mod hat: What does he have besides silly assertions?  (May 26, 2015 at 9:04 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(May 26, 2015 at 8:42 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Mod hat: The belief that god will save his sorry ass giving him eternal life when it hasn't even been proven.
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