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Atheist Penelope
Surgoshan:
STARING INTO THE SUN DOESN'T CAUSE BLINDNESS
SIR ISAAC NEWTON DID IT AND HE WAS FINE
After several days...
... in a dark room...
... with a damp cloth over his eyes.
Shaztastic:
--- Quote from: JonSnow on 31 Dec 2008, 01:34 ---
People should indeed start evolving moral senses again, because due to multiple reasons (I'm not goin to point them out or explain them here as it is another discussion) people are generally becoming assholes, and this in all group of society no matter what age, sex or colour you are. People no longer have old folks have their seat on the bus. The old folks hit you with their purses for waiting in line and accidentally being ahead of them. The 10y old girls want to dress up like Britney Spears and hope to have had sex by the time they're 12 and the 10y old boys are never learning what's good or bad anymore. This decay in morals, this every man for himself kind of trend well it's a very sad thing.
The bible holds a certain set of morals, by far not a bad one if you're living in a society. eg: love your neighbour, put others ahead of yourself and care for them like you would want to be take care off,... No matter how you interpret the bible those morals will always become obvious. and those morals are what make the bible an important book
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This is more to do with the decline in close knit communities then religion. people are too busy with work their own lifes. parents get home at 6-8 o'clock in the evening get dinner ready and that's about all they're fit to do. I think you'll find that a strong healthy adult influence and boundries and discipline works more effectively then the bible on it own. for example if you live in a close knit community you're more likely to know x since you were a kid or went to school with y and are less likely to be rude to them hurt them etc.
and also television has a part to play with that they seem to think good role models don't make good television
i hate how it's assumed that religious people have the high ground on morals. I hate how it's assumed that if you believe in an all seeing guy in the sky that it'll make you behave. It's more important to hold high standards of yourself and not rely on anyone else if you're proud of how you've lived and know you haven't hurt anyone else and you've done your best that's all you can ask.
i can see how a believe in god might be good for children who aren't mature enough to make moral decisions. i.e. if you steal that god will be mad it helps them grow a conscience. but i believe good parenting can take care of that too
lolwut:
--- Quote from: Shaztastic on 11 Feb 2009, 12:34 ---i can see how a believe in god might be good for children who aren't mature enough to make moral decisions. i.e. if you steal that god will be mad it helps them grow a conscience
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i don't feel that restraining from vice X because you're being watched is "good" morally but okay
JReynolds:
This thread has drifted a LONG way from strip 1295. However, I saw something that brings this thread right back to its roots: From Penn and Teller's show Bullshit, a quote:
Penn Jillette: Sure, we're smug, self-righteous, pompous and self-important assholes, but damn it, we're right!
lolwut:
--- Quote from: JReynolds on 12 Feb 2009, 09:11 ---This thread has drifted a LONG way from strip 1295. However, I saw something that brings this thread right back to its roots: From Penn and Teller's show Bullshit, a quote:
Penn Jillette: Sure, we're smug, self-righteous, pompous and self-important assholes, but damn it, we're right!
--- End quote ---
if you're right i think it is okay to be a douchebag about it as long as you're not also a dick
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