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Tell me, Atheists, why should I go for Atheism?
It has no moral principles to stand for.
it has No psalms i could sing.
It has no proverbs I can learn
It has no parables it can share. :D
It has no commandments for guidance.
12 Answers
- NousLv 76 years ago
How could you be so wrong?
Research shows that the reason humans struggle with emotion to find equitable solutions is pinpointed the region of the brain called the insular cortex, or insula, which is also the seat of emotional reactions.
The fact that the brain has such a robust response to unfairness shows that sensing unfairness is a basic evolved capacity.
The emotional response to unfairness pushes people from extreme inequity and drives them to be fair. This observation shows our basic impulse to be fair isn't a complicated thing that we learn.
It therefore fully illustrates that all humans have morals controlled by the brain and that Christians are entirely wrong to try and claim morals as their own!!!!
But Christians found a way round it!
Government statistics show that Christians are vastly over represented in prisons for sexual, violent and fraudulent crime whilst year on year government figures show atheists make up only 2% of the prison population!
The Catholic Church is paying millions in compensation for the sex/paedophile crimes of their priests alone!
Christians are vastly over represented in the divorce courts!
Christians invented the concept of sin and then the idea that you could sin, ask forgiveness, get pardoned and start with a clean sheet!
So no surprise that they are so expert at it is it‽
A Christian is a man that feels repentance on Sunday for what he did on Saturday and is going to do on Monday. - Thomas Russell Ybarra
Everything that does not have a god is atheist!
All the stories music and much, much more!
Christians therefore lag so far behind what atheists have!
Source(s): California Institute of Technology - Disko PickleLv 56 years ago
You should go for atheism because:
It has no moral principles to stand for.
it has No psalms i could sing.
It has no proverbs I can learn
It has no parables it can share. :D
It has no commandments for guidance.
- LightBearerLv 56 years ago
Well here's an idea: Just wake up to the real world then for entertainment join a musical and poetical society.
Atheism isn't a hobby or a life style, it's the realisation that all gods worshipped on earth are man made.
Man has much better poetry, music and stories outside of the bible.
- Donut TimLv 76 years ago
It is an opportunity to face reality.
You can still learn and recite poetry, sing and share what you know with others.
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As for morality:
There is a natural basis for knowing right and wrong and for the desire to help others.
Humans along with many other species are social animals. The chances of survival are improved because of social interactions, complete with all the inherent urges, inhibitions, empathy and desires – many of which are what we call morals. Each species on average would have a different range of what is considered acceptable behavior (individuals vary widely).
The biologically induced urges and inhibitions affect our actions within society and also cause us to have animosity toward those whose behavior is beyond acceptability or the norm (desire for justice).
Those supposedly "human" traits have been observed in many animal species other than humans.
No magic is involved.
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- lasloLv 76 years ago
Do you really need the dictates of a 14th century BC tribe in order to run your own life? And how did this Hebrew mob get along before Moses gave them the 10 commandment? They didn't rob and murder and rape and annihilate themselves. So obviously one can have a strong moral code without religion.
- Anonymous6 years ago
That's your choice. I really don't care what you believe in. And Atheism in and of itself doesn't have to have a moral or ethical standard by which to live by. It is simply the lack of belief in God(s). The laws are made as moral and ethical standards by which to live by. Besides, a lack of morals doesn't necessarily mean immorality. It could be just amorality, which is neither moral or immoral.
You are free to choose what you will believe in, I respect that. Just stop telling us that like we're the bad guys when we would live normal, crime-free lives without the threat of punishment or promise of reward, while those like Jeffrey Dahmer would mourn over the idea of being sent to Hell over crimes HE committed and ENJOYED, for reasons I do not know nor care to know. God doesn't need him.
- 6 years ago
There is actually no argument For atheism, it's just denial & mudslinging as far as I see from Dawkins, Hitchens etc. Check out Hitchins debate with William lane Craig. On YouTube.
- It Is Always NowLv 76 years ago
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Seriously though, I don't care what you do. Truth doesn't rely on converts.
- ?Lv 76 years ago
If you want goodies and false promises, stick with religion. Atheism is about reality.
- Anonymous6 years ago
Good points! And no Jesus to love & care for us. No Holy Spirit to show me like the parents I didn't have.
Jesus said..l am the truth, atheists say...we are.
We say ',what is your truth?'. Nothing.