I'll come off my horse too. Yes there are lots of atheists out there who hate religious people, but they normally hate religion more. Yes I will admit that if all you taught people is that we are biological machines and we have zero consequences to our actions that our society would fall apart. That's why its still important to teach right from wrong. Atheists still feel the same emotions you do. Most of would recoil at the thought of rape, not because we are scared of a lake of fire, but because in our core being we can empathize how we would feel if that happened to our mothers, or wife, or daughters. If i see a dog get hit by a car i feel bad even thought it did not have a soul, do you? Why would you care about something without a soul?
I went through a period in my life where i thought it was bad to indoctrinate children to say the pledge of allegiance every day. In my mind at that time i looked at it like north korea. They are forced to worship dear leader so they will be mindless drones. I felt that you should love america because its ACTUALLY the best, not just because someone told you it was the best over and over.
Needless to say I've change my position here a bit. Yes I think we should force kids to love America and freedom, but I also think we should fully explain why when they are old enough to understand.
I think socialism is often rooted in people that think the world owes them something. They were never taught to be self reliant and earn. I also think socialism can be the product of unfettered capitalism. If you look at the wealth gap in the US it feels that more and more billionaires are steering our ship. At some point there is a revolt. That revolt will come from those who are the have nots. The have nots will want a system that was not like the one before. Its a very difficult balancing game to make a system that encourages freedom, but at the same time is not manipulated by the 1%.
I'll come off my horse too. Yes there are lots of atheists out there who hate religious people, but they normally hate religion more. Yes I will admit that if all you taught people is that we are biological machines and we have zero consequences to our actions that our society would fall apart. That's why its still important to teach right from wrong. Atheists still feel the same emotions you do. Most of would recoil at the thought of rape, not because we are scared of a lake of fire, but because in our core being we can empathize how we would feel if that happened to our mothers, or wife, or daughters. If i see a dog get hit by a car i feel bad even thought it did not have a soul, do you? Why would you care about something without a soul?
I went through a period in my life where i thought it was bad to indoctrinate children to say the pledge of allegiance every day. In my mind at that time i looked at it like north korea. They are forced to worship dear leader so they will be mindless drones. I felt that you should love america because its ACTUALLY the best, not just because someone told you it was the best over and over.
Needless to say I've change my position here a bit. Yes I think we should force kids to love America and freedom, but I also think we should fully explain why when they are old enough to understand.
I think socialism is often rooted in people that think the world owes them something. They were never taught to be self reliant and earn. I also think socialism can be the product of unfettered capitalism. If you look at the wealth gap in the US it feels that more and more billionaires are steering our ship. At some point there is a revolt. That revolt will come from those who are the have nots. The have nots will want a system that was not like the one before. Its a very difficult balancing game to make a system that encourages freedom, but at the same time is not manipulated by the 1%.
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