I find it strange that, just because a person happens to not believe in God, it is assumed that they do not have morals. Being a Christian, last I heard, did not require a standard. All it requires is a belief that Jesus Christ was indeed the Son of God, that He died in our place to save us from ourselves, and that we do what we can to live positive, loving lives in service to mankind. That's about it. Perfection, unless I am mistaken, was not a requirement. We're all screw-ups. None of us is perfect, no matter what we might think.
I just don't understand why it is assumed that a person's path is WHO they are. To me, it just means that this is the point they are at in their journey. We all have our journey to make, and Christians are supposed to help one another along it. Why the scorn? Why is this assumption automatic, that they must be immoral without adherence to one particular brand of God or another?
2007-05-06 11:00:40 · 4 answers · asked by intuition897 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because a lot of fundies believe there's no such thing as morality that isn't commanded and handed down by god. They assume that because we don't believe in god, we have source from which to get our morals, and therefore we have none.
And yes, it's a pretty crappy argument. Thanks for not being a part of it.
2007-05-06 11:08:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Finally, proof that not all Christians believe atheists are people lacking morals.
I guess for some reason many Christians believe all of our morals comes from their God and that without a belief in their God, that people wouldn't know where to get morals from and would have no purpose to do good because they don't believe in an afterlife. Safe to say, many of those Christians lack an education.
2007-05-06 11:08:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
because some christians are so insecure to the point that they have to put down other people by making assumptions that have no foundations what so ever. are are obviously not one of these people.
2007-05-06 11:11:36 · answer #3 · answered by god_of_the_accursed 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-14 22:43:14 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋