It is easy to justify one's personal morals but I'd like you to consider the world at large. Is the world becoming more moral or less moral?
And, does this have anything to do with the decline of religious belief?
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Does Atheism Lead to Immoral Behavior?
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It is easy to justify one's personal morals but I'd like you to consider the world at large. Is the world becoming more moral or less moral?
And, does this have anything to do with the decline of religious belief?
Atheism is much like religion in that
neither prevent immoral behavior.
They're just things believed or not.
neither prevent immoral behavior.
They're just things believed or not.
Audie
Veteran Member
Religiinism certainly leads directly to and or excusesI'd suppose this depends on what you view as moral behavior but I thought I'd ask the question to see what people would say.
It is easy to justify one's personal morals but I'd like you to consider the world at large. Is the world becoming more moral or less moral?
And, does this have anything to do with the decline of religious belief?
some of the worst behaviour imaginable, in many cases.
Observing that may contribute to a dubious attitude
toward religionism and it's practitioners.
I'd suppose this depends on what you view as moral behavior but I thought I'd ask the question to see what people would say.
It is easy to justify one's personal morals but I'd like you to consider the world at large. Is the world becoming more moral or less moral?
And, does this have anything to do with the decline of religious belief?
No. And I'd pit my personal morality against that of the vast majority of religious folks i know.
Morality is a human (and some animals trait). Without it it humanity would be unable to live in social groups. Civilization could not have begin which in turn developed religion which in turn stole morality for itself, bastardised it and used it against non believers.
Brian2
Veteran Member
I'd suppose this depends on what you view as moral behavior but I thought I'd ask the question to see what people would say.
It is easy to justify one's personal morals but I'd like you to consider the world at large. Is the world becoming more moral or less moral?
And, does this have anything to do with the decline of religious belief?
Being human leads to immoral behaviour.
chris baron
Member
all you need to do is look at expressly atheist societies and see how degenerate they are. nominally religious societies are also degenerate but that is not because of religion but despite it.
there is no such thing as an atheist, whatever is your priority in life, who are whatever you think is the most powerful entity on earth, whatever you get up in the morning for is your "god", even if it is not much of a god and you have nothing in particular to live for.
there is no such thing as an atheist, whatever is your priority in life, who are whatever you think is the most powerful entity on earth, whatever you get up in the morning for is your "god", even if it is not much of a god and you have nothing in particular to live for.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.” - Albert Einstein
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
How about you take a look and then point out a particular society and then point out what's specifically degenerate.
chris baron
Member
people undergoing body modification surgeries and then committing suicide is degenerate. canadian medical assistance in suicide (MAID. maids clean up places) is totally insanely degenerate.
In most jurisdictions in the world with legalized euthanasia, doctors are explicitly prohibited, or strongly discouraged from raising assisted dying with a patient.
Canadian doctors encouraged to bring up medically assisted death before their patients do
A guidance document produced by Canada’s providers of medically assisted death states that doctors have a professional obligation to bring up MAID
Secret Chief
Degrow!
News to some.
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
Yeah, the developed nations other than us are so degenerate. Um...
What should atheists call themselves then?
Audie
Veteran Member
Nonsense
chris baron
Member
what do you think is the most powerful entity on earth; who has the power to cut off your utilities and your supply of essentials that sustain your life?
Altfish
Veteran Member
Putin
chris baron
Member
the developed world is disintegrating and the world is circling the drain
chris baron
Member
you think he is a superhuman "god"? how do you appease this deity?
Audie
Veteran Member
Your post was nonsense all the way through,
and what I happen to think about utilities
is not going to change that.
Audie
Veteran Member
I would rape too if only I could.
Instead I rage against fate that left
me unequipped for that for which I
daily Lust.
What, if anything, encourages/discourages immoral behavior?
Other than punishment, since some feel there ought to be something other than punishment that drives our moral behavior.