2007-06-15 20:44:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
its so hard to put a label on atheism, but i think this incubuses much of what atheists i know believe. do you agree?
2007-06-15 20:48:04 · update #1
i think reason and logic would fall under truth, and loyalty would have be like trust and togetherness.
2007-06-15 20:50:25 · update #2
Freedom definately stands out, some are loyal to what they believe in and their code of ethics while others are not, some embrace the truth but there are still some very deluded atheists around.
But I do think that those are traits every human being should attempt to master. They are admirable and I hope I achieve them.
2007-06-15 20:50:03 · answer #1 · answered by . 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure you can say that there are any "virtues" of atheism, as we all believe different things and the only thing that unites us is a belief in the nonexistence of god. But it would be fair to summarize the majority of atheists with those three principles.
2007-06-17 17:24:16 · answer #2 · answered by Dan X 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The atheist is good because they recognise the social importance of being good to other people, not out of fear of divine punishment. They are more moral than theists, because they do it despite the lack of universal authority telling them to.
Theists who claim that god is the only thing keeping people from murdering babies are actually admitting that they themselves, did they not believe in a god, would not be able to restrain themselves from doing these violent acts. They are only nice because they feel obligated on threat of punishment.
The atheist seeks real truth based on actual world observations and experiences, not from what they are told by a 1960 year old book.
2007-06-16 04:06:17 · answer #3 · answered by DoctorScurvy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just don't like labels.
For me Atheism is all those things but at the heart of it there is no more than the non-belief in The Invisible Sky Critters that force believers to become the ultimate paranoid.
2007-06-16 04:32:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting - this has echoes of freemasonry
and Egyptian Ma'at (before that idea was turned into the Goddess
2007-06-16 04:02:57 · answer #5 · answered by Two Tenths Of My Two Cents 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
how can an athiest know truth? what does one base truth on? if there is no objective truth giver, how can there be truth? truth would then just be whatever you make it to be, or whatever you experience...saying something is orange is just as valid as saying it is purple...because I want to believe it is.
2007-06-16 03:51:28 · answer #6 · answered by Todd J 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Honesty would suffice.
2007-06-17 23:21:27 · answer #7 · answered by element_115x 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say logic, reason, and rationale.
2007-06-16 03:51:07 · answer #8 · answered by Adam G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No ... .there are no common book to atheist, therefore there are no fixed virtues.
2007-06-16 03:55:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, I would say truth, logic, and reason.
2007-06-16 03:47:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋