Are you saying that if there was no god or bible you'd go around stealing and killing people without feeling guilty? If you need a book to tell you right from wrong then you need to be locked up somewhere with padded walls.
2007-10-10 05:21:04 · 23 answers · asked by I am the Badger Princess. 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thats exactly what those questions imply.
Most Christians assume that their morals come from God or the bible and don't understand that they are actually socially accepted behaviors that are logical for humanity.
Which explains why they don't follow the bible word for word. If Morals really did come from God and the bible, there would be many more stonings, and less Christian women speaking publicly.
2007-10-10 05:23:36 · answer #1 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 13⤊ 3⤋
Atheists get their morals from a society and from people who've been influenced by the teachings of the universal educators Krishna, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddah, Christ, Muhammad, the Bab, and Baha'u'llah. The universal educators brought and acquainted humanity with moral and spiritual laws and admonitions to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization.
Humans are born with the potential to be the light of the world or the darkness of the world. All qualities can be channeled in a morally right direction or a morally wrong direction. Education channels those potentials towards what is moral or not.
2007-10-10 05:27:05 · answer #2 · answered by jaicee 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that without God we just do what we feel like doing, in fact, all of our actions are based on feelings. We get our feelings from the training that our society (including parents) gives us. If evolution has a part to play, it is communicated to us by feelings. It all comes across as conscience doesn't it? And conscience is just a vague set of feelings. So what moral authority does a set a of feelings have over us? None that I know of. When there is a real sacrifice that must be made, that is when we'll start to question our obedience to a bunch of meaningless feelings.
2007-10-10 12:31:46 · answer #3 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's more fair to say that there are certain moral actions, such as pure altruism, which serve no obvious evolutionary purpose.
So, the questioner is trying to suggest that the fact that people will do good things when there is no reward (for example, anonymously donating to charity) do so out of a natural moral conscience given by God.
You know, there's even a possibility that they might actually be interested in what people have to say and how they arrived at their different conclusions. You have to judge the tone of the question to know whether it's sincere or not.
2007-10-10 05:26:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
A lot of believers apparently would really like to steal murder and maim if they thought they could get away with it without punishment via the law or their God, they project this onto atheists who don't share their covert enthusiasm for crime at all.
2007-10-10 05:30:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree. If Christians rely on the Bible to keep them from committing immoral acts and atheists and agnostics come by their morals naturally, then which is the more moral group?
2007-10-10 05:45:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's right , those people are dangerous if they need a book to tell the difference between good and evil
2007-10-10 05:41:47 · answer #7 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i believe that humans are born with an inherent sense of right or wrong.
the people who would do the right things would do so without a book...they just don't realize it.
bright blessings
2007-10-10 05:36:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even with all those "guidelines" there's still plenty of people out there stealing and killing!
2007-10-10 05:56:08 · answer #9 · answered by Blue Oyster Kel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent point Bunny Boiler :o)
2007-10-10 05:36:22 · answer #10 · answered by Linz ♥ VT 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋