if they dont believe there is no sin then what is it for them or u?
2006-10-26 18:27:33 · 26 answers · asked by KEMC 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No such thing as "sin." There is moral behavior and immoral behavior, but I am one of those evil moral relativists that everyone seems to be so afraid of. No evil, no sin, and no absolute good.
2006-10-26 18:29:25 · answer #1 · answered by N 6 · 6⤊ 5⤋
I read a funny story once. a person wrote an essay on moral subjectivity which view he favoured. He worked hard at it and turned in a very professional report. The teacher read through it and returned it grading it with an F for the following reason. He didn't like the colour of the binder in which the assignment was turned in. The student protested thats not fair. I deserve better than this. Thats not fair replied the teacher? Didn't you just turn in a paper that stated your belief in moral subjectivity? The teacher having made the point took back the assignment and gave him a better grade. THE END
2006-10-26 18:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by Edward J 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Intentionally harming another unless it's necessary for survival.
This pretty much covers lying, stealing, cheating, adultery, abuse, manipulation, disrespecting the differences of others, and so forth. I also believe that I do not have the right to tell another how to live providing that my freedoms are respected as well. It's pretty simple really, and doesn't require a lot of rules. Ha, and I actually live it, not out of fear or because someone tells me to, but because it's part of who I am.
I'm an agnostic, btw. But since religious folks tend to dump my beliefs in with atheists, and since I find the Bible seriously misguided about some of what it calls sins, I thought I'd answer.
2006-10-26 18:43:33 · answer #3 · answered by Alex62 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We don't believe in sin - but there are crimes and wrongdoings. Sin only exists for those who believe in god. The concept of sin is based in religious morality only. So, I would not call anything a sin. I'm sure some Christians would say that atheists commit the worst "sin" of all - denying god exists.
2006-10-26 18:39:35 · answer #4 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Morality must be judged on a case by case basis... some things that could be considered cruel, evil, or wrong in one context may be something good in another. There is no such thing as sin. There are only actions by which causal harm can arise... that's the closest thing to "sin" that i can see.
2006-10-27 04:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sin is a purely religious concept. Atheist live in a context of human morality and laws
2006-10-26 19:26:15 · answer #6 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you really so immoral that if you did not have it written in a book for you that you would not be able to tell good from bad. Don't you realize that almost everything in your book was thought up by an atheist who had to write it as a fairy tale to get you to accept it. Do you think atheists don't protect children if they can, or try to prevent wars? Have Atheists ever launched Crusades or Jihads Or other Holy Wars. Was it Atheists conducting the Ethnic Cleansing in Serbia/Croatia, Or even the German Catholic driven Holocaust. No, you should not be questioning the Moral character of the Atheist. They are moral because they are, not because of fear off an imaginary God or Hell after they die. You would do well to try to live to as high of a standard as most of the Atheist do. If you did we would need far fewer prisons.
2006-10-26 18:41:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Without an AUTHORITY figure to TELL us what is good or bad, and no promise of reward or punishment, how can we develop an effective moral code? How about this? "Sins" are actions intended to injure or take advantage of other people for our own benefit. Of course we'd have to add the details and exceptions carefully so we didn't accidentally outlaw capitalism and stuff like that...
2006-10-26 18:55:15 · answer #8 · answered by skepsis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If i'm requested my faith i will say i'm an atheist. If I settle for any stigma in a be conscious like that it skill i have followed the mind-set of human beings for whom there's a stigma. i do not embody the ideology of Pat Robertson on the different count number so what he feels about the time period used to describe what i believe is of no interest notwithstanding to me. Rachel, would I say how fetching you seem in that white good? and consider achieved your hair ultimate on the instantaneous.
2016-12-05 06:52:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not even a moral issue! It's about funtional and dysfunctional behavior!
Who are you? Who/ what do you want to be? Does your behavior take you closer to or further from your perceived goal/image ?
Does it work or doesn't it?
Good and bad, moral and immoral are very fluid concepts, that are constantly changing in relation to the needs of people and the times they live in.
2006-10-26 18:34:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
then what if someone killed all atheists .. is not it a sin ..
and some of us considers that all humans are the same ...
no ...
there are goods .. very goods .. bads ... very bads ...
you know even hell can not change all bads to good ...
what if there was not any religion .. what if there was not frightening with hell ...
hell is useful for some of us .. to become a good person ..
2006-10-26 18:56:10 · answer #11 · answered by u&me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋