Goodness without God good enough?: A Comparsion of the Moral Foundations of Islam and Atheism

Can there be ethics without God?

Is it possible to be moral without God?

Can we have morality without God?

Brother Adam Deen is a former Islam channel presenter and intellectual activist who has been working in the field of Muslim apologetics for almost a decade.

He has contributed to debates on issues ranging from ethics, to religious philosophy and theology.

He is a member of the Muslim Dawah Initiative its formed of members from the Muslim community with experience in public speaking, apologetics, polemics, research and community work.

He is currently completing a degree in Philosophy at Birkbeck University.

He runs his blog www.adamdeen.blogspot.com

The Topic: Goodness without God good enough? A Comparsion of the Moral Foundations of Islam and Atheism

A talk by Adam Deen

(The Bobbersmill Community Centre, Nottingham, UK 25th September 2009)

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[psusac]

Wow, this guy is an idiot! Yeah, we did away with the clergy! We don't have ANY of them around any more! He's just telling a bullshit story in order to get scraps of political power by bromoting ignorance. There is a reason they call it "The Enlightenment" it's because religion is ignorance.

[thantounderscore]

This is laughable on its face. He cites alcoholism, substance abuse, death, poverty, etc. as problems of modern man. Did he not read the Quran or the Bible before it? These were old problems even then!

[matthewtaylorbrown]

Religion has shown us really how to live immorality.

There are no gods. It is the Christians that are having all the abortions.

[patrickledford420]

@StrainSop so u think suicide bombing is moral or killing children for there nonbeleif

[muslim610]

Excellent video.

[StrainSop]

Thanks for posting this. It is the right thing for people to watch. I believe there are no morals without Good (Allah). I believed that as a Catholic but being muslim makes it even truer. :-)