Atheists, Do you believe thier is SIn in the World?

Question

And do you believe Right and Wrong, Good and Evil are based upon a personal belief or opinion or is it based upon the Powers of Government who implemet there views?

Answer 1

All of the good and bad that's going on in the world is based simply by the good and bad actions of all men and women on this Earth.

Answer 2

Well - I am not an atheist as I understand the word. I don't hate the idea of a God I just can't accept it. I consider myself agnostic. Of course there is right and wrong, good and evil etc. Most all of us share an inner knowledge of what these are within the framework of our experience and society. The problem arises when confronted with someone with different experience and social confinement. Problems also come about when individuals evaluations of these constraints are out of whack with the majority. Some people like the notorious serial killers - Bundy, Gacy, BTK just didn't seem to have the ability to empathize with their victims. I have no idea why - but then I have no idea why anyone sees the world differently than we (I) do.

I truly try to treat people in a fair and kind manner and that has absolutely nothing to do with my belief or lack thereof in a higher being.

Answer 3

Not 'sin' in the biblical sense, no.

I believe we each have the ability to empathise with others. And we each have an idea of how we would like to be treated and how we would not like to be treated.

And on that basis we can decide what would generally be 'good' or not. And since government is ultimately made up of individuals, then that comes down to personal beliefs, doesn't it.

And if that doesn't convince you, just for a minute imagine there is no God. So who wrote all those 'rules' then? Men of course. From their personal beliefs, no?

Answer 4

Good and Evil are required to be defined within a given contextual matrix, whether that be social, biblical, or other.

I think the basis for laws, morals, and most social "right and wrong" can be traced back to our social needs. Humans are social primates; all social animals require innate rules of behavior such that the society isn't fragmented. Society increases our species survival potential, so maintaining society is a survival trait. What we think of as right, wrong, morals, good, and evil have come from this.

Neither apes, monkeys, cows, or ants have religion (at least that we're aware of), but all have behaviors that their group considers good and those considered not good. The higher organisms use shunning and other behaviors to enforce this, lower animals can resort to killing offending animals to keep the social order.

Answer 5

There is no such thing as sin. Good and bad are dictated by the will of the people and by the respect of freedom. A brief study of human social interaction will show that ethics are established without the help of a god. It is human nature to determine what is best for the individual and then establish that on a larger scale.

Answer 6

"Right and wrong" are based on society.

2000 yrs ago it was okay to stone your impudent teenager or put a girl to death for not being a virgin. Why? Because society said it was okay. It's in the Bible, look it up.

Today our society says that two same sex individuals having sex is acceptable, although some people still cling to the older views. The rest of society shuns these people for being homophobes, and eventually they will stop persecuting the gays to be allowed into the rest of society.

"Right and wrong" is subjective, and depends entirely on people.

Answer 7

Theists often make the mistake of confusing atheism with amoralism, as if atheists must necessarily have no constraints on their behavior. These theists assume that human beings have an absolute need to believe in the existence of some ghost-like all-powerful omnipresent father (god) in order to control their otherwise unbridled passions by threats of punishment.

But it is not at all necessary to swallow religious beliefs in order to adopt a moral code. All that is required is a desire to live in society, among our fellow human beings, negotiating with them agreements as to what constitutes desirable behavior.

The search for such social harmony is in the best interests of each and every one of us. There is no need for Yahweh, or Thor, or Ra, or Santa Claus. We may find some of these old myths quaint and charming (or we may find some of them disgusting), but it would be the height of folly to take any of them seriously.

In the recent words of Arthur C. Clarke, "One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion." In fact, it is a great lie for a religion to claim that morality and ethics are its exclusive domain.

For the hundredth time.

Answer 8

yes there is sin, but its MY sin belief, i base sin on what i believe is completly and totally wrong (not including faith)
i fully believe in right and wrong, i try to be right as much as i can, i believe there is good and evil, but there is a middle point to it, but i dont believe its possible for humans to be in the middle, i try to be as near the good outline as i can.
i base it all on a personaly belief system that i have come up with, and im doing my best to make it more and more complex.

Answer 9

Being Christian makes greater experience, by using fact society privileges Christians over Satanists. besides the undeniable fact that, in case you had books to sell or necessary exposure for another reason, Satanism could desire to be the greater suitable decision in that undertaking. in case you advise "which makes greater experience as an evidence for worldly phenomena" then i assume Satanism wins by potential of distinctive function of no longer believing that miracles are possible. Satanism is in basic terms libertarian humanism with a provocative call. Cuz you know, books to sell. I evaluate them the two stupid, individually.

Answer 10

Right and wrong are defined by the people of the time you live in. If you go back 100 years you can find examples. Even reading what the "liberals" were writing would make you cringe.

"Sin" is a word to make it sound magical.