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Are atheists moral, if only because they don't do things as amoral as some religious zealots?

(ignore that first link, I'm sinning with the spirits so I posted the wrong one up top, oopsie!)

Update:

Cases in point:

Update 4:

amoral = immoral

atheists = some or all atheists

(thanks for the corrections) ;-)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    thank you Sciurus Reprobatia....that was totally annoying me...

  • jrrose
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Bill Gates (Atheist) gives more to charity than anyone.

    Morals absolutely do not come from God.

    God's morals are evil (read the Old Testament, i.e., eating and murdering babies and such).

    Morals evolve within a society because the herd does not like chaos.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Most Christians aren't above personal responsibility, but the ones who are under the impression that they can do whatever they want and simply repent afterward essentially throw a stick into the spokes of their own "atheists are amoral" argument.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Atheists do moral and unmoral things just about as frequently as religious zealots. They're all human.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    i do no longer ought to tell them something -- they are already totally conscious that there are human beings interior the international that have faith in magical mythical gods. they are conscious that there are literally hundreds of claims of distinctive and contradictory gods now, and via human historic previous hundreds of hundreds extra. they are conscious that there is no information for any of them of any type, and so people who declare to "comprehend" their god is real are ignorant or mendacity. i've got taught my childrens to call for information for issues, and not take anybody's notice for something. i've got additionally taught them relating to the mythologies of a lot of cultures, and that they comprehend the way human beings made up magical mysterious issues to fill interior the gaps of their lack of awareness. They placed the christian god interior the comparable categories as Zeus, Ra, and Thor -- made up, mythical gods. via the way, Sarah Palin *could no longer* be top. approximately quite some something. Peace.

  • ...
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    "With or without religion you would have good people doing good things, and bad people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things that takes religion"

    Atheism does not inspire anyone to be more moral or do anything. Atheism means you don't believe in God, period.

  • 1 decade ago

    Atheists can be "moral" all day long, it won't help them on the last day.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think you mean, "immoral." Something that's amoral is neither moral nor immoral.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    some, or all atheists.

    remember Mao, Stalin, and the like were atheist.

  • 1 decade ago

    I liked the first one too though! Funny stuff.

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