What's the point of having morals while being an Atheist? The very fact that many atheists have morality should show them there is a God, or creator, because if we are just luck of the draw advanced animals no concept of morality should exist. Increased intelligence does not make someone more moral.
Every atheist should do whatever they can get away with to benefit themselves regardless of morality if they truly believe there is no God, otherwise they aren't living like true atheists because to have morals would be illogical.
What's the point of having morals while being an Atheist?
To use those "morals" selectively, as a tool for manipulating others and/or society. Or that's how I see them using it, most often (if we're referring to the SJW-style of atheist.) I have always found it bizarre that my dishonest drug/alcohol-addled hyper-promiscuous amoral SJW "friends" are so vocally atheist and even highly-motivated to "protest"/interfere with religious causes, very aggressive about censorship/shaming of Conservatives, yet explode in emotionally-incontinent rage at the tiniest imagined "micro-aggression" against the Leftist Agenda.
I've heard this a lot from that crowd, and it makes more sense now that they have exposed themselves further (mentally, we've already seen their naked-in-glitter selfies.) "Their morality," "their truth." It's moral to them, and true to them, and insisting that others pander to them is considered advantageous, therefore they feel intense trauma if someone dares to contradict "their beliefs."
Um . . . I don't believe in God and set my morals up by what I believe is right and wrong, and I believe I am more morally grounded than most people I know, including many who call themselves Christians. Not everyone believes in a higher being and the pre-Teump Republican party turned off a lot of people with their Bible thumping. To say that people who don't have religion don't have moral direction is ignorant and insulting.
I wanted to add that what keeps good people from acting bad is a conscience. My conscience will not allow me to act in a way that is repugnant to my morals.
Republican party turned off a lot of people with their Bible thumping.
I think they turned people off because they are unbelievers who CLAIM to be religious. Much like the Pharisees, their hypocrisy is blatant and palpable.
You will be hard-pressed to find a real Christian in modern day America.
maybe the point of being an athiest isn't to be an asshole. maybe some athiests just don't don't believe in god. why can't athiests just not believe in god but believe in being kind to people? you seem like a gatekeeper for morality. plenty of shitty religious people. i am a good person for my own reward, not to get into 'heaven'
The entire premise of morality is gatekeeping. Morality is inherently exclusionary. And that's a good thing.
If you believe that morality is determined by what you feel, then you actually believe that morality does not exist, since others will inevitably feel differently.
Morality based on feelings and whims is the exact morality that has lead to the SJW left-wing atheist #metoo mob "morality."
What's the point of having morals while being an Atheist? The very fact that many atheists have morality should show them there is a God, or creator, because if we are just luck of the draw advanced animals no concept of morality should exist. Increased intelligence does not make someone more moral.
Every atheist should do whatever they can get away with to benefit themselves regardless of morality if they truly believe there is no God, otherwise they aren't living like true atheists because to have morals would be illogical.
To use those "morals" selectively, as a tool for manipulating others and/or society. Or that's how I see them using it, most often (if we're referring to the SJW-style of atheist.) I have always found it bizarre that my dishonest drug/alcohol-addled hyper-promiscuous amoral SJW "friends" are so vocally atheist and even highly-motivated to "protest"/interfere with religious causes, very aggressive about censorship/shaming of Conservatives, yet explode in emotionally-incontinent rage at the tiniest imagined "micro-aggression" against the Leftist Agenda.
I've heard this a lot from that crowd, and it makes more sense now that they have exposed themselves further (mentally, we've already seen their naked-in-glitter selfies.) "Their morality," "their truth." It's moral to them, and true to them, and insisting that others pander to them is considered advantageous, therefore they feel intense trauma if someone dares to contradict "their beliefs."
>"Diversity" is their strength.
Um . . . I don't believe in God and set my morals up by what I believe is right and wrong, and I believe I am more morally grounded than most people I know, including many who call themselves Christians. Not everyone believes in a higher being and the pre-Teump Republican party turned off a lot of people with their Bible thumping. To say that people who don't have religion don't have moral direction is ignorant and insulting.
I wanted to add that what keeps good people from acting bad is a conscience. My conscience will not allow me to act in a way that is repugnant to my morals.
I think they turned people off because they are unbelievers who CLAIM to be religious. Much like the Pharisees, their hypocrisy is blatant and palpable.
You will be hard-pressed to find a real Christian in modern day America.
maybe the point of being an athiest isn't to be an asshole. maybe some athiests just don't don't believe in god. why can't athiests just not believe in god but believe in being kind to people? you seem like a gatekeeper for morality. plenty of shitty religious people. i am a good person for my own reward, not to get into 'heaven'
The entire premise of morality is gatekeeping. Morality is inherently exclusionary. And that's a good thing.
If you believe that morality is determined by what you feel, then you actually believe that morality does not exist, since others will inevitably feel differently.
Morality based on feelings and whims is the exact morality that has lead to the SJW left-wing atheist #metoo mob "morality."
you don't have to believe in god to be a moral person. and just because you believe in god, doesn't make you a moral person.
where do your morals come from specifically?
If you think morals only come from the promise of heaven or the threat of hell then you are lost.
"Do unto others" it's as simple as that.