No God, No Good

No God, no distinction between right and wrong.

No God, no morals.

No God, no peace.

No God, no laws to keep us safe from harm.

No God, no perfect love.

No God, no rules to protect us.

No God, no distinction between truth and lie.

No God, every form of evil is permissible.

No God, no good..

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badminton · 61-69, MVIP

Atheists behave morally without expectation of any reward. They do good just for the sake of going good.

GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M

@badminton

Atheists behave morally without expectation of any reward. They do good just for the sake of going good.

Where do their morals come from? What is the source of morality?

badminton · 61-69, MVIP

@GodSpeed63 For thousands of years humans have gradually developed codes of morality and laws. This process is on-going. Systems of morality sometimes came from religion, sometimes from secular institutions. What constitutes right behavior has been a part of philosophy since ancient times.

GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M

@badminton

For thousands of years humans have gradually developed codes of morality and laws.

Where did those codes come from? What was their source?

DocSavage · M

@GodSpeed63

Where did those codes come from? What was their source?

Couldn’t have been god. Morality requires more than one person.
There can’t be any until you have someone else to do wrong to. You need some inequalities to decide if someone is being treated in an unfair manner. So it was no doubt humans who came up with the concept

ElwoodBlues · M

@GodSpeed63 asks

Where did those codes come from? What was their source?

Evolution.

Early humans were more successful at propagating the species if they worked in cooperating groups. Anthropologists say we evolved genetically and culturally to live in groups of 50 to 150 people.

It's not perfect though; protection of the in-group allows a certain amount of hatred of out-groups. It takes more maturity and understanding to see all of humanity as the in-group.

DocSavage · M

@GodSpeed63

Where do their morals come from? What is the source of morality

Probably from the people that use them chowder head. Off hand, you don’t find many people that go around random acts of morality without some personal reason. They obey the laws, and live peacefully, but doing good deeds depends on the circumstances of the moment.
It’s not like good and evil have personally, and can judge events.