3 ms·
If what you are saying is true, then predominantly atheist countries (or societies) are mainly unethical and immoral (exaggeration). Children of atheist parent
by pnongrata 7y ago
If what you are saying is true, then predominantly atheist countries (or societies) are mainly unethical and immoral (exaggeration).
Children of atheist parents will grow to be rapists psychos (also exaggeration).
- irishcoffee 7y agoSaying "A can provide X" doesn't mean "without A there cannot exist X"
- nostalgk 7y agoExactly. There's lots of ways to go about it. Religion is just one.
- pnongrata 7y agoThat's maybe not what has been said here, but it's said pretty much in every discussion I've been. They argue that religion is necessary to "give" us a good moral compass, that without it we would be lost, etc.
- nostalgk 7y agoDepends on what you consider religion, and morals, and I'd still argue it's not necessary. There are many philosophical sects that preach morality or reject the traditional compass that one can believe and internalize. Not all of these are traditionally recognized religions.
- mopsi 7y agoThere is no need to treat religion and atheism as polar opposites. Atheism, at least in the west, has considerable overlap with Christian theology on topics like human rights. There is little rationality behind human rights, they can't be measured nor observed. Eg, who, when and how determined that humans have the right to life, but dolphins do not? "Universal human rights" feels like a more modern wording for "God-given lifestyle". They are beneficial, but also as irrational as any religion before them, and rely on supernatural origin to make them them non-negotiable.