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Christian morals and ethics?....?
Someone asked a question here that was so reprehensible that the moderators wisely removed it. Congratulations to the moderators on a job well done. The question involved the vulgar namecalling of atheists. It was while I was answering the foul mouthed good christian, that the question was removed but I think there is a point to be made so I'll answer it here anyway. To the "good christian" in question. You know who you are:
Did you derive your morals and ethics that allow you to insult whole groups of people you don't even know with vulgar namecalling from your christian upbringing. My moral and ethical standards would never permit me to do such a thing and mine were derived from comon sense alone. So it seems that besides deluding you into believing in rediculous supernatural beings, your christian dogma does not even make you a better human being does it? And no, I'm not an atheist, agnostic here, so I think atheists are as delusional as anybody else who contemplates god.
Ahh, I see where we're head. And some good points. Perhaps I should me more clear. Indeed I do insult others but that is not my point and since I admit to that, I'm no hypocrite. But I do not use childish, vulgar namecalling. And the main point is, that christianity provides it's followers with morals no better than mine or anybody elses.
Ahh, I see where we're head. And some good points. Perhaps I should be more clear. Indeed I do insult others but that is not my point and since I admit to that, I'm no hypocrite. But I do not use childish, vulgar namecalling. And the main point is, that christianity provides it's followers with morals no better than mine or anybody elses.
And Blue, as an agnostic I am far from all knowing. Indeed, just the oposite. Were you to look up the definition of agnostic, you'd find that we think that the human mind is not capable of knowing whether or not god's or supernatural phenomenon exist. It's the believers and atheists who say they know. I don't know a thing. Because as I said, my mind and yours is not capable of such knowing.
And why not sit on the fence as opposed to chosing one of two wrong choices.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Sticks and stones . ..
Personally the whole act of "reporting" on here is worthless. If someone wants to use their right to free speech to prove their ignorance let it ride.
You state that their belief in "ridiculous supernatural beings" is wrong, yet so are atheists?
So, in your line of thinking that both sides are delusional, the christians for their blind faith and atheists for their lack of it, where does that leave you? The all knowing "may or not be" crowd? Quit fence riding.
- 5 years ago
For Christians, and believers of other persuasions as well, the interest in morals and ethics is practical, in the sense that it's the most evident point of having beliefs in the first place. Morals and ethics, though it's fun discussing the differences between them, are both concerned with ways of deciding between right and wrong. If you have a notion that right and wrong exist at all, this is where beliefs are applied to practical decisions. Many atheists also have morals, ethics, or both--that is, they have significant concerns about right and wrong and how to decide between them. (A fair number of them are particularly concerned with the notion that religious beliefs cause people to make errors in those decisions--that's the substance of a lot of the arguments around here.) If you don't have those concerns, then you're a different sort of atheist from those. But that's because atheism can be either connected to a concept of right and wrong, or not. For most theists, the concept of right and wrong is already tied in with belief in a god or gods in the first place.
- MicahArtLv 61 decade ago
I think that I saw that question as well - earlier today? I was going to answer it as well because I thought it was totally rude. I am a Christian.
What I find interesting is that you consider that person reprehensible because of the use of vulgarity (agreed) then you go on to call anyone who contemplates God delusional. Wow. Your moral and ethical standards are cool with generalizing and judging everyone who contemplates God?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Umm... you're insulting atheists and then condemning someone else for doing the same? "I think atheists are just as delusional as anybody else who conteplates god." Hmmm...I smell hypocrisy. And by the way, if someone wants to insult me, I say, let it stand! I'll reply, if I feel like it.
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- sariLv 41 decade ago
Some Christians are very judgemental even though they should be the exact opposite.
- old and uglyLv 41 decade ago
Makes sense to me. I have no affiliation with any group a I'm sure a lot of us don't. Their are fanatics everywhere, ignore them. For the most part they are harmless and just stupid.
- HeisenbergLv 71 decade ago
Please dont let an example set by a small sample of a group of people spoil your opinion of their groups as a whole.
Theists are really very interesting and definitely worth your time. They do interesting things, too.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
just guessing, but I'd say the person isn't really a christian.
- Anthony CLv 61 decade ago
whats up with attacking Christians in your second paragraph hypocrite?
everybody will forever have opinions, and what your question shows is the misconception of Christians being perfect, well we know that we are not, yet we strive to be, even though its unobtainable. that one guy does not represent a faith but only himself in his stupidity, and its appreciated that you do single him out, but in the same breath try not to generalize us all.