LOL they are a perfect example of what "GOOD WITHOUT A GOD" means.
Without a core moral code based on something beyond man, the atheist is capable of one or two generations of civil discourse and morality. After that he will discard the values of his parents, and society will fall to degeneracy and a collectivist religion based on ever shifting values that - despite having no basis in universal truth or logic - will be forced on the population by social pressure.
Do you think your notion of "how to be a good person" that you "discovered on your own" would be vastly different if you were raised in a primitive tribe in the Amazon, or do you think it'd roughly be the same as it is having been raised in modern Western society?
Presumably you eat meat, which means you support the killing of animals for your pleasure (since it is possible to subsist on a purely vegan diet). Does that make you a "good person" or a "bad person"? If in 50 years most of society doesn't eat meat, does the definition of "good person" and "bad person" change?
My point simply is that people including atheists do piggy-back quite a bit on the prevailing morality in which they are raised. Most atheists (myself included) do not sit down and derive their system of morals and values from first principles. And when that prevailing morality changes, they do too. When it was predominantly Christian they adopted largely Christian morals. What happens when it isn't predominantly Christian? Not looking good so far.
LOL they are a perfect example of what "GOOD WITHOUT A GOD" means.
Without a core moral code based on something beyond man, the atheist is capable of one or two generations of civil discourse and morality. After that he will discard the values of his parents, and society will fall to degeneracy and a collectivist religion based on ever shifting values that - despite having no basis in universal truth or logic - will be forced on the population by social pressure.
Do you think your notion of "how to be a good person" that you "discovered on your own" would be vastly different if you were raised in a primitive tribe in the Amazon, or do you think it'd roughly be the same as it is having been raised in modern Western society?
Why does "being a good person" change over time?
Presumably you eat meat, which means you support the killing of animals for your pleasure (since it is possible to subsist on a purely vegan diet). Does that make you a "good person" or a "bad person"? If in 50 years most of society doesn't eat meat, does the definition of "good person" and "bad person" change?
My point simply is that people including atheists do piggy-back quite a bit on the prevailing morality in which they are raised. Most atheists (myself included) do not sit down and derive their system of morals and values from first principles. And when that prevailing morality changes, they do too. When it was predominantly Christian they adopted largely Christian morals. What happens when it isn't predominantly Christian? Not looking good so far.
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