Can an atheist love others consistantly or love at all ? or just those of their own families ? Do they know what love is? Do they consider it an " animal impulse " or " instinct " ?
2006-09-02 06:41:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Myself, being an atheist, I do intend on loving, other than my family members. Love is hard to explain coming from anyone.
2006-09-02 06:43:28 · answer #1 · answered by Cruz's Mommy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Love isn't some "gift" from a higher power. Love is a strategy that helps people live together as social beings. Not all atheists do it well, just like not all Christians or theists do...but the point is that there is no need for a belief in a diety in order to use love as the primary ordering principle of a decent human society. It's just like the "Golden Rule"--it's the best way we've found so far of working together.
2006-09-02 06:45:33 · answer #2 · answered by le_fou_mauvais 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Whenever I see a question like this, I am appalled to be reminded that there are people out there who are so out of touch with their basic humanity, and reality, that they would not have any idea how to conduct themselves in society, absent the code of an imaginary supernatural being, based on the myths, superstitions, fairy tales and fantastical delusions of an ignorant bunch of Bronze Age fishermen and wandering goat herders.
Cooperation, altruism and love are innate properties of human existence... a more sophisticated version of the social organization that you can see among pods of dolphins or orcas, packs of wolves, lion prides and troops of chimpanzees. Moral consensus, moral conscience and mutual empathy are evolved survival traits. These are social constructs... the social lubrication that allows people to exist together. People come away with the misconception that they don't exist, absent religion. The religious puppet masters try to perpetuate that idea, in order to protect their conduits to wealth and power... but that is a canard. This has to do, entirely, with human nature.
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"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." ~ Steven Weinberg
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"When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion." ~ Robert M. Pirsig
2006-09-02 06:54:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course we love. What do you think we are? Robots? Just because we don't believe in stupid fairy tales does not mean we can't love. I've been with the same wonderful man for 7 years. We're both Atheists and have the strongest kind of love and bond. We would kill and die for one another.
2006-09-02 06:48:16 · answer #4 · answered by Spookshow Baby 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Love has nothing to do wtih a belief in God.
i am married to an atheist and she shows love
2006-09-02 06:43:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Atheist love just as much anyone else loves. Religion or not..
2006-09-02 06:47:16 · answer #6 · answered by Amandine Nicolette 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Love does not require a belief in a personal god.
Neither does morality.
2006-09-02 06:45:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
we atheist love all other people and respect them. we love and care about our fellow human beings. no god is needed to be good and to be nice. for a better under standing of atheism read this informative link. http://www.godisimaginary.com/index.htm
2006-09-02 06:45:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Love has nothing to do with the delusion of religion.
2006-09-02 06:44:28 · answer #9 · answered by Gallivanting Galactic Gadfly 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Whats love gotta do with it?
2006-09-02 06:44:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋