there are plenty of people around the globe who are killing and murdering in the name of their religion. if there were no religion, do you think they would stop killing in the name of their god.
If capital G God is needed for morality, how do they explain laws and moral codes existing in pre Abrahamic societies. If the word of God is stopping murders now, then would they have to accept that the word of Enki was preventing them in ancient Sumeria?
@AthrillatheHunt The more you learn the more you realize how much more there is to learn. A wiser man once observed that the problem is that the ignorant are sure of their knowledge while the wise see how foolish they themselves are.
a seemingly normal, crime-free America in the near-future. However, the country is a dystopia which celebrates an annual national holiday known as "the Purge," a day in which all crime, including murder, becomes decriminalized for a 12-hour period.
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you mean like this but all year long instead? some of them maybe and i hope not
I have litterally been asked, and my dad also, " well if you don't believe in god why arent you stealing and murdering people?". I have even argued that only atheists can have true morals because when an atheist acts morally there is a better chance that he acts this way simply because its what he actually wants to do (although he still could be doing it to look good or out of fear of autority). if someone acts moral to please god, to avoid hell or to get some kind of reward in this life or the other can he really say that he has true compassion and love for his fellow man ?
