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Does Atheism Lead to Immoral Behavior?
- Thread starter Nakosis
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Other than going to jail, what stops you?
chris baron
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compassion, sympathy and the desire to see others be happy discourages immoral behavior, i think.
No deities. Only humans wanting power.
I see far more immorality in religious societies throughout history than I do in secular ones.
Most, but not all, dictatorial governments rely on religion to support their power. And most theocracies become dictatorial quickly.
Compassion for other people?
Generally, it would be....
1) One's having been raised to be moral.
2) One's culture.
3) Laws & enforcement.
See above.
Religions typically have the problem that
one can read scripture, which is vague &
poetic, to infer whatever one wants. And
one may find clerics preaching the same
views.
This makes religion largely independent of
morality, claims otherwise notwithstanding.
And no belief in a deity is required for those. If anything, they are encouraged by a secular belief system and discouraged by religious systems.
Well, teaching kids compassion and mutual respect goes a long way.
Altfish
Veteran Member
Take his money, like Trump and Johnson did.
So society promotes social/moral behavior for the benefit of society?
And I'd suppose religion was part of that social behavior.
IMO, stories I've read, cartoons/movies I've watched. Parents try to teach moral behavior.
Religion also taught some moral behavior but society has change what was once accepted as moral behavior.
My morals basically run on their own now, but they remain a product of my culture even if religion is no longer a part of it.
Altfish
Veteran Member
My conscience, my love of community and fellow humans.
People who ask that question are actually saying, "If it wasn't for my fear of my deity and their promise of an afterlife, I'd be a murderer/rapist/thief."
Atheists don't think that, they are good because it makes life better for all.
Sure, I am a product of my culture.
Imagine the product of this culture.
Today’s uncritical supporters of “Palestine” should worry that they are lending tacit support to the indoctrination and weaponization of child warriors.
Solidarity with ‘Palestine’ Means Kalashnikovs for Kids | National Review
Not to pick on Palestine but I imagine if I had been indoctrinated into a different culture.
So a battle of cultures were I suppose the best culture wins?
I assume you haven't seen the statistics for the bible belt, highest teen pregnancy, highest rate of STDs, highest crime rate... edit : highest abortion rate (though recent laws to remove woman's rights may have altered that statisic)
Compared with the rest of America.
Oh and i am an atheist by definition.
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Secret Chief
Veteran Member
God you live in a rough area.
I suspect your conscience was programed in by your culture which you had no choice in.
It all feels right to you and it'd probably be hard to change them to anything other than what they are at this point.
Probably not originally, take a look at social animals, no religion, but togetherness and morality
Yes, no religion needed. Yet religion seems to think it is the some arbiter f morality.
Welcome to the world ;-)
We Never Know
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When they determine the teen pregnancy rate, are abortions counted?
My bad, i missed out the highest rate of teen abortion. Ill go back and add it thanks
Of course, this culture is a product of oppression
by Israel, which has a culture of doing this to them.
Wait, above you said we need to look at atheistic societies, but now you say there are no atheists. Which is it?
So everyone lives for some "god", so is that good or bad? You must fall into this same category, and we are all the same, and given you probably don't want to condemn yourself no one is good or bad, right? I am an atheist and equal to you in your religious belief, right?
It's better to behead them, like Western journalists. Or stone them in public for minor infractions, like a girl dating a boy that clerics disapprove of, or getting an education. Or daring to rebel against head scarfs in public. Are these examples of a moral society as we observe in Muslim theocracies?
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