So you are trying to say everything that religion upholds an Athiest must negate?
So when religion tells you thou shall not steal, honor your mother and father, respect the elderly, an athiest must negate these actions?
Look, there issue at hand is where did morals come from in the first place. Someone had to think of it. You lean toward a notion where anybody can come up with their own standards of morals on a whim. Does it mean that this is how Athiests operate?
In reality you have defined your own way of life in your own dimension. "I strive to treat others as I would be treated". I would not want to be treated the way "you" want to be treated. That is one sided and cruel. There are people who have weird kinds of fetishes.
In regards to the laws of...
Think of it like this. How would society be without any sexual norms and standards. In anything, standards should be set on stone. Chaos will incur without any standards.
How do you know your grapes are 1 pound that you bought from the grocery store? What is 1 pound?
Quick definitions for the unlearned:
Amoral: lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something.
Immoral: not conforming to accepted standards of morality.
Moral: concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human...
It really depends on the individual.
1.For some people, they may consider their belief it is really true and there is no falsifications.
2.Other people that have doubt in their belief but they really consider their belief the best way to go.
3.Some people that have a belief to have no belief...
PKU, is a genetic mutation and nothing good comes from it.
I have never came across a mutation acquired in a human which improved the life of that individual.
He has this level of zeal that will protect his set of belief to the point he will choose death. If you ask any laymen they will tell you he's a religious fanatic.