Atheists: Where do you get your morals from?
I'm not saying you don't have any. I just wanna know where they come from?
I'm not saying you don't have any. I just wanna know where they come from?
Anonymous
Combination of personal and societal views.
Emily
Our conscience. I don't understand the reasoning behind this question, honestly. I'm technically agnostic, and not an atheist, but my family is. You don't need a higher power or authority to tell you what's right. It's just instinctual. Should I kill someone? No, but not because I'm religious, but because I'm a good person.
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Atheists generally believe in things like cultural relativism & moral relativism, thus, they generally do not believe in moral absolutes. But you see, this is ridiculous because they embrace subjectivity in regards to morality.
What if, due to subjective morality, someone thought something immoral was moral? Would it then be moral because they personally believe it was moral? No, of course not! It'd still be objectively wrong!
Well, in this hypothetical scenario, the individual would be using their very own standard of right & wrong. See the problem with that? Because it's not objective, it would differ between every single individual & this would just not be practical!
C.S Lewis even said in The Abolition Of Man, that when he looked around at all of the diverse cultures in the world, they all agreed on basic morality. Therefore, since this is true, morality is objective & universal & not subjective, therefore because objective universal morality exists, God also exists!
alraune_tenbrinken
Morality comes from human nature and the society in which people live. Morality does not come from the sacred books, which are, moreover, in civilized countries very far from the commonly accepted standards of morality. Standing in the Bible, no one applies the Mosaic laws in full, not even the Orthodox Jews:
Kill disobedient children (Ex 21:17, Mk 7:10)
Kill witches (Ex 22:18)
Kill those who curse father or mother (Lev 20:9)
Kill men who have sex with other men (Lev 20:13)
Kill those who worship the wrong god (Num 25:1-9)
Kill adulterers (Lev 20:10)
Kill blasphemers (Lev 24:14)
The "morality" that is closest to biblical principles is the sharia. I doubt that you consider it as a respectable moral code.
vampivy001
Personal opinion of what is right and what is wrong. It's in our nature to have a general opinion of which is which. It's psychological. Everyone has empathy to some degree. Hurting other living things whether it be emotionally or physically triggers an empathetic response... unless you're the CEO of some company, then you're most likely a psychopath.