So, is it safe to assume that without benefit of Jesus or the Bible...?

Question

any morality displayed by an atheist or satanist is purely accidental?

Answer 1

Every once in a while you slip up and do something nice
It happens to the best of us..

Answer 2

I'm guessing that this is the answer a lot of people within Christianity believe.

I don't hold that against them - it's just what they are taught. That without the Bible and their savior no one can actually do anything good under their own power.

Rather depressign isn't it? That we are so bad, so prone to evil and violence that we can never truly do good. And if we do an action that appears God it was either intended by God or it may appear good but has some sort of evil undertones.

Answer 3

Absolutely not. Atheists display morality because in their heart and mind they know God and His laws (but suppress that truth). A philosophically honest atheist can provide neither an absolute benchmark for making moral judgments nor an authoritative source for such. The result is that a logically/philosophically consistent atheist cannot make any moral judgments whatsoever. What one collection of subatomic particles does to another in a totally random, chance universe is morally irrelevant.

Answer 4

An atheist doesn`t mean satanist.
Satanist is completely against God`s ideals. Always: destructions, hatred, violence, jealousy, extreme bad ambitions, tendency towards hurting, bad intentions for other people, opting always for power, position, fame, money, etc.
Atheist, may have his time of recognizing God later if given a chance to know God...or completely denying God`s existence until death.
Morality may be practiced by anybody (Christians, atheist, satanist) but the intentions may be different.
Good intentioned morality living is God idealistics followings, conforming to societies peaceful & harmonious living with other God`s children and giving importance of clean-ness of one`s soul/spirit for salvation benefit.
Bad intentioned morality, but acting out like a good moral man are like actors...are like wolves in sheep clothings... and it won`t be long till the inner self will be exposed...its decaying, bad smelly spirit who is not worthy in the presence of God.

Answer 5

Should I assume that you mean someone raised without the benefit of any overtly religious text? Hindu, Muslim, Animistic, etc.
What about eastern philosophical books Confucianism (is that a religion or philosophy?), Taoism, Buddhism, etc? Ancient Greek philosophy? Plato, Socrates, Aristotle? Does your atheist have to be un-educated as well or just not Christian? What if the writer was religious but the reader is not, but still learns from it?

Personally, I agree with Bruce Bettelheim (child psychiatrist) in his belief that children’s young developing minds require exploratory fantasies to properly develop. “Fairy” tales, and fables help lay the ground work for a moralistic subconscious.
I had a GF raised in a “Christian” home. Her parents thought that Aesop’s Fables were inappropriate to a young Christian girl, and so she had never been taught them. It may be coincidence, but I had never known someone with less sense of right and wrong and consequences of actions.

Satanism is a religion unto itself. They have moral codes and teach their children from a young age just like any other religion.

Answer 6

No, that's not the case at all. Man has always been good at creating his own set of rules, trying to convince himself that he doesn't need God. Man-made morality is one of those things that looks good in theory, but it does nothing to please God.

Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Answer 7

Well the 10 commandments apparently made our laws and that makes us behave. Can't trust an atheist to be moral now, can we? We're all sinning heathens with no moral fiber at all!

Answer 8

I.......I just really can't wrap my head around this type of thinking......so anytime a bible bumpers understands scientific logic that's an accident too? that's basiclly what you are saying about someone's intelligence....

Answer 9

Like when you accidently drop your change in the box outside the window at McDonalds.

I hate doing that.

Answer 10

I love the Christians on this. Their naivete is charming. Do they think they'd start murdering if they found out God wasn't real? Of course not.