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The rejection of belief in the existence of deities

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f0f2f7 No.7111

"If your an atheist what is stopping you from blowing up a school?"

Do you think these people would blow up a school if they did not have a fear of going to hell?

0a655c No.7112

>>7111

When there's no heaven there's also less reason to blow up a school.


f97b51 No.7113

Basic decency. Would that not stop you?


16036a No.7119

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It's pretty obvious. The only thing keeping them from doing any of this shit is because god obviously isn't going to tell them to do these things because he doesn't exist. They are more atheist than they think they are, they are living in a world without a god, yet they just don't realize it.


8c1bfa No.7125

Isn't this topic tiring by now? You're preaching to the choir.


52c31b No.7140

>>7111

I never got why I would even want to. They say it like its the default position of humanity or something. I don't see how the pragmatic/biological type morality is wrong. So if an atheist says murder is wrong because it causing unnecessary harm thats not true morality but if a christian says murder is wrong because gwad said so it because true objective morality? What the fuck does that even matter.


596e15 No.7267

>>7140

it really doesn't matter at all. it's a non-arguement.


ca24a5 No.7303

>>7113

The idea is where did basic decency come from


0a655c No.7306

>>7303

The same place indecency came from, God. Why do Christians praise him for the good but not for the bad things he created?


16036a No.7310

>>7303

Human nature.


fb2cd0 No.7313

>>7303

The basic biological urge to form a pack. Basic decency can be considered the fundamental rules a person must follow if he is to work well with others and form a stable group. That includes respect of property not considered communal, respect of another person's life unless they've wronged the group, etc.

It certainly didn't come from a god, much less the christian one. Our western ideals of ethics and morality come from the enlightenment period. Morals predate the christian bible but the ideas of inalienable rights were not a widespread concept which is why even christians practiced things like slavery. It's easy to forget that the world was actually a pretty brutish place if you had the misfortune to be born in the wrong group of people even as early as 500 years ago.

>"But the enlightened thinkers were christian!"

They were deists, by and large. Which the overwhelming majority of christians would consider heresy. Being an ideology based primarily on reason it slowly lost ground as our understanding of the universe increased. Deism denies scripture and dogma and is skeptical to the supernatural events described in holy texts which many christians today would consider absolutely essential.


41bdf0 No.7327

>>7111

Ah, so you're trying to get us to believe because of its utility in controlling people, not because it's truth?

I wouldn't because there is an after-life. After my life, my deeds will live after me. I'm not a harmful person and don't want to see people come to harm nor my legacy. It's as simple as that. In my experience, it seems the most crazy people are the ones that are religious as they seem to feel something needs to control their harmful nature. Many people don't feel there are gods out there nor do they feel the need that they have a beast within that needs controlled to keep from harming people.




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