Sunday, July 24, 2022
i was raised christian. now i’m questioning my faith, so i want to hear the other side’s perspective. why are you an atheist? : atheism
…Morality. Believers (particularly Christians) love to claim that without god, there's nothing to stop atheists from raping, murdering, and committing all manner of atrocities. Truthfully, the exact opposite is true. My morality is derived from humanism. My guiding principle is to do as little harm to people as possible. And I do that for the sake of that which is objectively right and wrong. Religious people who think that the only reason people don't rape and murder is the threat of eternal damnation/the promise of eternal reward scare the shit out of me. Because those people can be (and throughout human history have been) convinced to commit all manner of atrocities by convincing them that it's what their god wants. Good deeds done under threat of punishment/promise of reward are the opposite of pious, they are selfish…
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