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Re: Atheists and morality
Awesome reply, thal! Thanks for that
Originally posted by thalassa View PostFor morality to exist independently of human knowledge and perception, they have to come from somewhere other than human minds, individually or collectively. For someone that is explicitly theistic, that would likely be god or gods. Which is fine, but then you need to demonstrate that god or gods exist as something outside of the human mind objectively and without logical fallacy.[4:82]
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Originally posted by Medusa View PostAre morals maybe just the things we are ingrained to do or not do to keep our species alive?
Perhaps some of them (individually) are.
For morality as a whole...I'd say its likely and that the reason there is so much variety between systems of morality and individual morals that do not overlap is a combination of cultural evolution and cultural adaptation (the anthropological term, not the common term for cultural adjustment)Last edited by thalassa; 18 Mar 2017, 18:59.Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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Originally posted by thalassa View PostFor morality to exist independently of human knowledge and perception, they have to come from somewhere other than human minds, individually or collectively. For someone that is explicitly theistic, that would likely be god or gods. Which is fine, but then you need to demonstrate that god or gods exist as something outside of the human mind objectively and without logical fallacy.
At the end of the day, there are any number of interpretations of the LoH (because he's a well known and easy target but I could pound on others if I were in the mood) that are really not anything I would call good. If there were a god that happened to be a fan of uncondition election then I'm gonna be really sympathetic to the devil.life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
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"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
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"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
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Originally posted by MaskedOne View Post
And then just for fun, you get the arguments of whether the existing deities should actually be heeded for any reason other than a burning desire to avoid targeted lightning, random city destruction, various sentences of hellfire, etc...
At the end of the day, there are any number of interpretations of the LoH (because he's a well known and easy target but I could pound on others if I were in the mood) that are really not anything I would call good. If there were a god that happened to be a fan of uncondition election then I'm gonna be really sympathetic to the devil.ThorSon's milkshake brings all the PF girls to the yard - Volcaniclastic
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That everything was shit.
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Originally posted by Heka View PostAvoiding punishment is humanities #1 reason for their actions I reckon.
I said earlier that I'm a fan of civil disobedience when a law is clearly bad. Even if I believed in a god I would be willing to refuse bad law from the mouth-of-god, and suffer the punishment.
I know I'm not alone in this.
The other reason for doing/not doing something is that it's the right choice.Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
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It does happen that the law and the right thing are sometimes very opposite.MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
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Originally posted by B. de Corbin View Post
I don't know...
I said earlier that I'm a fan of civil disobedience when a law is clearly bad. Even if I believed in a god I would be willing to refuse bad law from the mouth-of-god, and suffer the punishment.
I know I'm not alone in this.
The other reason for doing/not doing something is that it's the right choice.ThorSon's milkshake brings all the PF girls to the yard - Volcaniclastic
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Re: Atheists and morality
If I might derail the thread for just one moment...
OP started this dicussion by citing Conservapedia. Conservapedia underwent a project to remove liberal bias from THE BIBLE. They have such a rigid view of morality that even the Big Man himself can't stack up.
Now back to the topic at hand...
While there are no objective set of rules followed by every culture, nearly all of them have some variant of the "golden rule", and most value empathy at least to some degree. And because humans are a social, co-operative species, empathy is an innate biological process that makes cooperation possible and relatively balanced. Anything beyond that can also be explained without a god, as it is stems from a need to not be kicked out of the tribe.
Civil disobedience is a hit-or-miss thing. How it's viewed depends on your culture, and history. Rosa Parks? She lived in an individualistic society, and the aftermath of the Civil Rights movement shines in her favor. If you're from a society that values obeying authority (even when it's stupid), and your cause loses in the end, you're just a troublemaker who disrespects your group.
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Not everyone has morals BMH,if that were the case,the jails would be empty.MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
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Originally posted by anunitu View PostNot everyone has morals BMH,if that were the case,the jails would be empty.
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Originally posted by anunitu View PostNot everyone has morals BMH,if that were the case,the jails would be empty.I'm Only Responsible For What I Say Not For What Or How You Understand!
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So,if I kill someone,but do not feel guilty do I have a moral sense? This might kick off another round of questions.MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
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