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Question

Non believers say that there is no God Yet for the most part they follow his basic rules.Gods rules were the basic foundation of our legal system so why follow them.?
Gods rules are the basis of morality so why follow them?
Seems to me atheists want to follow the basic rules just not the main rule.

Answer 1

What the..

The golden rule was around long before Christians.
That should cover killing and stealing.

The bill of rights in no way resembles the ten commandments.

Many of our founding fathers were Atheists and many more were not Christians. We have had at least 5 atheist/non Christian Presidents.

"The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine." -- George Washington

You are just making things up now.

Answer 2

...And this brings up an interesting point; Is it necessary (to God) that we believe in him- even if we follow his rules anyway?! If a person is totally blameless, does nothing but good, sins at a minimum, and lives a exemplary life- is he still doomed to Hell because he doesn't believe in a Supreme Being? My feeling is- no; God is not an egomanic who'll throw his children to the wolves just because they don't sing His praises. If Love is the standard upon which a person lives their life, and Love is the primary rule (Commandment ) that God wants us all to follow, then ANY system based on that standard- should be acceptable to God, whether he's acknoledged in it or not.

Answer 3

Most atheists regularly break at least half of the 10 commandments, and blatantly disregard most of the other rules as well.

Do you honestly believe that without some ancient book telling us not to, we would all go around murdering and raping eachother? If you do, it's only because you are a sociopath at heart.

Social animals tend to abide by ethical codes. They aren't necessarily the same as ours, but they have them nonetheless. Ethics came first, and religion simply claimed credit for them after the fact by inventing some phony ethics to pile onto the instinctive ones.

Answer 4

No the foundation of the legal system is morality which is derived from millions of years as a social animal living in a large group and is a basic human instinct. religion just wrote it down and passed it off as there own idea. If you think I'm wrong answer me this if you didn't believe in god would you rape toddlers? Say no to jesus.

Answer 5

Atheists have ethics which arise out of fairly treating your fellow humans decently based on the "Social Contract" Morals arise out of a need by religionists to not be sent to an eternal pit of fire for breaking some "god given" (what ever that means) rules. I'll take ethics without all the messy god crap, thank you.

Answer 6

You couldn't be more wrong.

First, our legal system is in no way shape or form based on god. (You are assuming that they would be based on your version of god)

Second, morality is a function of having a brain. Its like digestion. You cant see it but we know it exists because its a function of our stomach. Morality and knowledge are functions of having a brain. If we had no brain, we would have no knowledge of morality.

Third, you are making a harsh generalization about atheists. What if I said, "All believers are following the basic morale laws that humanism puts forth, not based on any god whatsoever."

How many atheists do you know in person? Outside of yahoo, I'll bet you don't know many!!

Answer 7

I think what we're all trying to follow here is basic rules of conduct for human civilization as a generality. You don't have to be from God or a Christian background to know it's wrong to lie, cheat, murder and steal. That's just basic human courtsy.

Answer 8

Everything is done by guidance. I wouldn't say they are (rules), but words to guide ones life or government.
Morality is not the rules mankind follow to its fullness. They are guided by moral concepts.
Sometimes we must look within our self before we judge or decide how other people are living and what they believe. Peace and love to all.

Answer 9

Of course, all the rules came from God, so those pesky civilizations that pre-date Christianity had no rules?

I think the Babylonians, Sumerians, and Egyptians would prove you wrong. Try researching "The Code of Hammurabi" some time.

Answer 10

cant speak for others just myself-as for gods rules being the basis of morality-dont think so-of the ten commandments dont thin i have much use for more than two or three of them and then only sometimes-keep the peace old hippie here-ps-and if talking about the laws in the bible can blow all of them off and just start over

Answer 11

incorrect.

rules and lasws are set up by people who wish to live in a place where murder, theft and rape arent rampant. they makes these rules so they can lvie peacefully.

amusingly there are many many cultures older than christianity and the bible that had rules and guildelines set up for large villages or towns. the idea that all laws and morality come from the bible is laughable.

besides, a book that condones the murder of gay people, rebellious teenagers and promotes slavry is hardly asource of morality. regardless of wether theyre in the old or new testaments, they still condoned them.