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Kinkistyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 07:33 AM
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16. More blatant assertions. Atheists actually MORE moral than Religionists.
Edited on Wed Nov-19-03 07:34 AM by japanduh
Atheists do not engage in whatever the hell they please. You are just making baseless assertions. They are no more immoral than regular god-fearing religionists and are probably MORE moral. Most atheists behave ethically and follow the law out of a feeling of social obligation. Behaving lawfully and working together benefits society, which in turn benefits the individual. Its the classic case of "The Prisoner's Dilemma".

On the other hand, Christians behave morally because god tells them to. God commands his followers to do as he says, on penalty of burning for an eternity in hell. In other words, Christians only behave morally only out of fear.

Let me ask you a question, is the only reason why you don't steal and murder because God told you not to? If God said said it was ok to rape women, would you do it?
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