Re: Atheistic Hatred
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:11 pm
You say you choose to be moral and I respect that since, in the end, that is what we ALL do.Beanybag wrote:I have the fall back that some god may have given me the moral capacity I have, but I'll also answer your question. There's a lot of rational reasons to be moral, as well as some natural tendencies to do so. The golden rule is derivable by entirely rational reasons (it's logically inconsistent to not follow it). Other morals come from a possible evolved morality that we got as a social species (there's some empirical evidence to support this e.g. lower level morality in lesser species) - that wouldn't make it objectively binding, however, and I understand that. It would explain why moral behavior propagates in a society and why it would enforce itself in the form of laws. Beyond that, all I can say for why I behave morally is that I choose to, and I choose to based on the reasons I gave above. I understand that might not be sufficient for you, but it is sufficient for me. I am not trying to persuade anyone to my world view, I only wish to have a conversation and to defend my world view.PaulSacramento wrote:What exactly is the "atheist moral system" and where did it co me from?
But what if I chose NOT to be, would you have a problem with that and why?