Are most atheists also anarchists?

Question

If there is no God and we are all just animals on the planet doesn't that mean that survival of the fittest is the only law that man should honor?

I'm not trying to convert anyone....just trying to understand how atheists view laws in light of their atheism.

JM, really? Why all of the wars? Why so much " evil " as you call it? I see plenty of people who see laws as pointless and live like they were predators in the animal kingdom.

Crypto, i'm not implying anything. If I already believed I knew the answer I would have asked a different question. I gave alot of thumbs up for respectful answers and only a couple of thumbs down for disrespectful answers.

Queen, I have both friends and family who are respectful atheists.

Battleship, people do that stuff today in spite of all of the religions in the world and all of the laws against such actions.

Nola, I disagree with the notion that people are born good and learn evil. I think people are born acting like animals and taught to act like humans in accordance with the standards that we have determined.

Tyrel, I think the wide variety of answers shows that there are atheists here hwo are not anarchists and are respectful people. Generalizations seem to fil no matter where they are used. Whether speaking of race, creed, religion, or any other group, generalizations fail because there are always subgroups within the larger group. Thanks for the response.

Answer 1

Instead, why don't you ask yourself why if you thought there's no god, you'd become a selfish, evil-spirited jerk.

Humans are social animals, who depend on their group for survival. They are evolved to get along and not just be selfish.

Didn't seem to work on some, though, so it's good they think a god is watching them and taking notes.

Answer 2

Believing in no God doesn't mean disobeying the civil laws. You are asking whether most atheists are anarchists or not. Actually, just a few of them might be. Contrary to what you normally observe, most atheist choose to be silent. They don't care about other religions. They don't try to convince other people that there is no God.

However, the atheist you see here in Yahoo Answers are a different type of atheists. I see that many of them continue to doing anarchy-like stuffs. Someone here at Answers described them as like baby-eaters and stealer of faith. But always remember that they are just a tiny fraction of the total atheist population of this world. The reason why you can't see decent atheist in Answers is that these decent atheists hate joining discussions on religions.

Answer 3

"If there is no God and we are all just animals on the planet..."

Yes. This part is true.

"...doesn't that mean that survival of the fittest is the only law that man should honor?"

No. You've committed the logical fallacy know commonly as a 'non sequitur' (Latin for 'it does not follow'). But if we were to go back further, we'd probably find that your position is based on the misconception that all morality originates with the bible. Do you really believe that people thought it was okay to indiscriminately kill other people right up until Moses came down from the mountain with a couple of stone tablets?

Answer 4

There is a great deal of misunderstanding of the nature
of anarchism.

Anarchists (also known as libertarians or libertarian
socialists, in the original sense of socialism as worker-
ownership-and-control of the means of production)
oppose illegitimate authority and hierarchy, and therefore
oppose capitalism and the state; anarchists do not oppose
all organization: anarchists favor voluntary, non-
hierarchical, self-organization. Anarchists do not oppose
all rules and laws; anarchists oppose rules and laws
imposed involuntarily by illegitimate authorities, such
as the state, and favor voluntarily-agreed upon rules and
laws.

"Anarchy 101", an excellent introduction to anarchism,
can be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/2fq4d2

"An Anarchist FAQ", giving an in-depth treatment of
anarchism, can be found here:
http://www.anarchistfaq.org/

News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Two seperate Micro-Cultures.......As far as Law I am an Atheist and I recognize the Laws dictated by the overall Culture of the United States which is written on a foundation of secularism. Atheists simply believe there is no higher power, celestial being or god, which has nothing to do with law.

Answer 7

What your saying is because i do not believe in god i am a anarchists. I love and fell pain and eat and sleep in the same world as you, just because i know i don't have to face anything after death i would just go crazy, i still know whats right and wrong and i love the earth and i would never do any harm to it.

Answer 8

No, because we are THINKING animals and are capable of following laws. It could even be argued that atheists are more ethical because we don't need the threat of eternal damnation to behave ourselves.

BTW, it's kinda funny implying that atheists are anarchists because the usual accusation is that atheists are closet communists :)

Oooh, I see some troll went and gave all non-believers thumbs down. I take that as a left-handed compliment because I obviously rattled somebody's cage...

Answer 9

I naturally care for people .. I know the difference between right and wrong .. I dont need the bible to tell me the killing my neighbor is bad. Humans are born good.. they are only taught bad when growing up .. such as stealing or to be abusive etc. or if the person is born with a mental disorder ..


oh yea.. and we ARE animals.. we are no different from any other creature on earth. Its our thinking capability that we are able to set boundies for ourselves.. and come up with *human rules* as I'll call it..

such as .. we have to teach our children to go to the bathroom in the toilet .. and not to pee on the floor .. and i'm sure when you were young .. you dug in your dipper for poop until your mom fused at you to keep your hands out .. or to use your silver ware and not your hands to eat spaghetti ..

we are no different

Answer 10

There are many humanistic reasons for laws and ethics and most atheists base their ethics on concerns for their fellow human being, not on a fear of a vengeful God sending them to hell. Therefore, laws that say not to kill another human being for the blood sport of it, would be good laws, laws that say to publicly whip a person for failing to attend church would be a bad thing. Get it ?

Do you really want to understand, or do you just want to paint a picture of atheists as immoral lawless people ?