Remember this Atheism FAQ entry, Without belief in an afterlife / fear of hell, how can people be moral?? The common argument (which theists keep using, without even noticing what it really says about them) that an atheist doesn’t have any reason to be moral, since he doesn’t believe in heaven or hell? In other words, that there is no morality without the supernatural, and that “morality” is simply not doing things due to fear of punishment?
Bligbi has said shortened that argument — and its implication — in a simple, brilliant way: If it wasn’t for Hell, I’d kill you but that doesn’t make me a bad person.
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(Here’s the point where I would normally make a joke about how the possibility that a god might exist is the only thing keeping me from going on a murderous ramapage, but in light of the Virginia Tech slayings, I think that might be in bad taste) Good thing you’ve given up criticizing religion, and are instead promoting the benefits of Atheism.
[EDITED by Pedro: thanks for the tip that was here, Joe. I'll look into it.]
Joe: it’s supposedly fixed now. It was a bug in the plugin. Thanks again.
And I haven’t given up criticizing religion. One thing does not preclude the other.
When I see people trying to prove god is real, i laugh at them.