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by JAMMco... its complicated... on February 6th, 2007
No, I am not. There is no benefit to atheism from my perspective.
WHAT is the trouble with ATHEISTS?
by aldonoir on January 1st, 2012
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What's with theists calling atheist ignorant when they have ignored the enlightenment?
by Ombliss22 on December 16th, 2011
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Did you ever become an atheist, because you were once a true believer, and realized it was a lie?
by DoMeGood on December 16th, 2011
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Atheist are most despised minority* in America. When atheists become majority -what group would likely be most distrusted & despised?
by aldonoir on December 16th, 2011
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Have anyou, who once believed in god, lost your faith because he abandoned you, and you realized that he really did not exist after all?
by DoMeGood on December 16th, 2011
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IMO the benefits are to do good things to be nice not because your going to be smited by some god if you don't.
by Anonymous on February 6th, 2007
That is a good point. Our motivation for doing good is as important as the good deed your doing.
by JAMMco... its complicated... on February 6th, 2007
benefit for all is to do things because you just feel personally that it is the right thing to do, not because you're afraid of being struck down by a god. it's about sincerity and integrity
by Anonymous on February 13th, 2007
Religion. Where do you think the foundation for Western morality began. You can take the "God" out of it if you like, but the morality remains.
by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on February 18th, 2007
With people! Who then needed to invent a God to explain what they could not otherwise explain...yadayada Just my opinion. I don't think that God and morality are at all related. So you're right! Take God out of it...and the idea of morality remains! Kind of a God-ectomy I guess you'd call it ;)
by Anonymous on February 19th, 2007
My first word was Religion, not God.
BTW- I seldom respond to Anonymous posters. A name works for you, and you really remain anonymous.
by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on February 19th, 2007
Western morality can actually be traced back to ancient Greece, which forms the bases of Western Philosophy, with their ideas of not killing, stealing etc and their political system, although much has changed today. But where did the Greeks get their morals from? In fact where did our entire species get it's morals from? Religion seems unlikely, more likely is that religion merely reiterated what was commonly believed anyway, and added a few more in like "no Gods before me". For example, other species of primates display morals, some will condem those who kill others in their troop, and gorillas are surprisingly critical of 'adultary'. Morals make sense from an evolutionary stance, and indeed they have evolved over time. For example, today Christians don't take the part of the Bible that says kill all homosexuals, atheists, blasphomers etc as literal. So the decision of what is literal and what a metaphore must be based on a underlying preconseption of what is right and wrong.
by Godfather Part II on February 27th, 2007
Good, comments, Godfather! A religion or belief in God surely does not make a person more 'ethical' or moral.
by Engeltje on March 30th, 2007
well if christians did take the kill all part to heart, they'd have a fight on their hands.;)
by DiSTurBiA on January 9th, 2008
Kill us, heh? How about their motto,'' 'Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone!'
They have killed a hell of a lot more people than we ever have!
We have ethics, and we live by them!
Who is filling the prisons? It isn't atheists!
shakes head woefully. 'Unbelievable''
by prove it to me! on January 15th, 2008
This is not an "US Vs THEM" thread, question, or answer. Please don't start that. Thank you.
by JAMMco... its complicated... on January 15th, 2008
No it is not, but I'd rather have you answer the question then dismiss it.
by Anonymous on January 15th, 2008
JAMM- So what are the benefits of religion?
by 23Skidoo on June 3rd, 2008
I think I read that 80+ percent of criminals esp murderers were xtian. As for the "us" vs "them" bit, it seems it's perpetually just that. We all know who casts the stones.
by DiSTurBiA on June 3rd, 2008
As apposed to...
by fayewn on January 3rd, 2009
Uh, what do benefits have to do with what you believe? If you judge things based on rationality it is either true or it isn't, regardless of whether or not it benefits you.
by JohnnyRelentless on October 12th, 2009
I think he beliefs because of pascal´s wager. I guess he doesn´t know that it has been refuted and exposed as BS 80 years ago..
Those religious types are always far behind. If it´s ten years or 6000 years, they´re always behind..
by Temporary Name on February 19th, 2010