/atheism/ - Atheism

>>3758
what a terrible straw man argument.

I grew up in a secular household, my parent were lapsed Catholics and never talked about god.

But I got the "golden rule" morality of do unto others with the justification that if you don't play nice no one will want to play with you.

This simple reasoning is probably the beginning of moral reasoning. People are social primates and need to co-exist some how to survive.

Some Shaman just globbed on to morality to justify his voodoo.

Religious conman are great at finding out what we value and appropriating it.

Find me a Pro-family quote from Jesus. Find me a "God given right" in the Bible.

>>3796
Evolution explains the development of social behaviors like altruism which goes on to explain morals. The mistake is "evolution does away with morals" when actually it's the lack of gods that frees all from absolute punishment for being immoral. In other words since there is no god you can get away with being immoral while with god you are certain to be judged for your immoral action.

Not acting morally may have its consequences but so does acting morally. Depends on the situation and if your reason to be moral is the benefit you may as well act according to self interest rather than abide by some moral code since you always work to maximize your benefit this way.