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Atheists: Does believing in good but being unable to prove what good is, cause you stress?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago
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    Yes, it does. There are billions of Christians who blindly follow what they are told is good, yet is pure evil.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    no. we all know what good is. feeding the hungry, doing nice things, helping people become better. what is good and what is bad does not come from religion it comes from the human mind. if you are hurting someone else that is bad we all know it if you need someone to tell you that then i feel very very sorry for you. my moral compass has never struggled and i am very much atheist. i actually get this question a lot from religious people(mainly Christians) so don't feel bad for asking it. i can't imagine having to have a manual to tell me what is right and what is wrong, i would have to carry it everywhere and reference it before all decisions it would be utterly exhausting.

    Source(s): atheist and proud of it
  • rowlfe
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    The notion of good and evil comes from scripture. What we have here is knowing right from wrong which has nothing to do with religion. So, NO, it does not cause me stress. Religion makes the claim so the burden of proof falls to religion to make good on their claim, not on me since I make no claim.

  • 7 years ago

    Nope. Because my conception of good doesn't need to be based on some Iron Age mythology, and is perfectly functional. Oh, and it's easy to prove, as well.

  • 7 years ago

    of course!

    Not possessing a religious basis for morality, atheists are fundamentally incapable of having a coherent system of morality

    Also atheists believe in evolution, which means they don't believe in morality and think we should all act like animals and this is why a lot of mass murderers were atheists, and all atheists, having no morality to guide them, are only a bad day away from going on a genocide spree.

    like Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Kim, Pol Pot...

  • 7 years ago

    I think we can, given some initial premises, prove that some things are better than others.

  • 7 years ago

    Good isn't a thing that needs to be proved. It's just what people that have praiseworthy character can be described as.

  • 7 years ago

    No because good is that which increases well-being of sentient beings, and/or decreases suffering of sentient beings.

    You don't need god to understand that very simple thing.

  • 7 years ago

    Good is a concept.

    Not a material thing.

    It's not that hard to understand.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    I can prove what good is, but like your other question, I cannot cure stupid. if you cannot discern reality, I cannot prove it to you.

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