What Does Atheism Offer?

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[thumtac098]

not much time after this lengthy video to comment more but what is your theory or side of where the natural conscience of right and wrong come from? Enjoy your thoughts.

-John

[ExaggeratedElegy]

@thumtac098

Right and wrong are a little polaric for my tastes, but with regards to morality, I currently think it is incredinly complex. Fundamentally, I believe it derives from our biology; our natural inclinations as social creatures seem to be the foundations of the empathy that is the seat of morality.

However, homo sapiens as a species is far more than a simple pack or communal entity. Our moral inclinations, as with so many aspects of our characters, have become abstracted into..

[ExaggeratedElegy]

@thumtac098

...rather baroque structures of ideology, some of which have reasonable, practical application, some of which do not.

I do not believe in Morality with a big "M" that is some universal, external force or state from which morality is derived, nor do I believe there is any intrinsic morality to the universe or reality (certainly not in application to human beings anyway).

At present, I believe human beings determine morality based on an extremely wide variety of factors...

[ExaggeratedElegy]

@thumtac098

...ranging from the aforementioned natural inclinations, socio-cultural influence and imposition and, most usefully insofar as I'm concerned, critical consideration of situations based upon empathy and imagination. I personally believe that the development of imagination automatically breeds empathy; if one is able to imagine acutely what it is to be this person in this circumstance, one is less likely to bring about or allow that circumstance if it happens to result in...

[ExaggeratedElegy]

@thumtac098

...suffering or a detriment to human dignity. This is why I would advocate the development of imagination to the Nth degree. But fundaemtnally, I think it's rather difficult to argue against the evidence that morality, at its core. derives from our biology; it is ingrained in us as communal creatures to maintain one another for wider social and individual benefit.

George

[ahauntedhistory]

@warmonger158 I think you're right. And that might be a real horror show. It's like the world is a box factory, a large box with a way to reproduce more boxes.

[greeny202a]

Nice vdeo mate, I found myself agreeing with nearly everything you said whch is very rare on this subject. The part about willam lane craig is 1 billion percent spot on.

[warmonger158]

To me everything is used to create uniformity the free spirit is dieing out because school,parents,and religion all teach you how you are supposed to be and if you aren't that way you will shunned and made an outcast.

[JonesSpirius]

I don't know. That's kind of what makes life worth living though. I have a feeling of some kind of creator but I would never be so arrogant as to say I know what it wants if anything. I do think it is benevolent or at least not a jerk. I've had good and bad happen throughout life but there seems to be a balance.

The thing that really pisses me off about atheists is how they talk down to me "oh, you are not informed." and the like. You admit to your own humanity though and I respect that.

[crunkinthis]

You make good points. I screw with my mom all the time. " don't eat beef cows are gods sacrid creatures. Then I pull a fast one "how do you know?" " what if he"s having steak atm" parents are Hindustani. Dad told me to belive what I want to and eat what you want because in the end it comes down to you.

No offence to anybody who belives in god.

[Grownuptoys]

...(cont), That is based on personal experience which I have learned to trust over and above what the scientists are saying (who all oppose also). I watched Steven Hawkins talk the other night about aliens he believes exist in the universe who have long sucker like mouths and lives on the vertical sides of cliffs.....Sure Steven....

[Grownuptoys]

I love your open mindedness. I've always found that hard core atheists lose their open-mindedness; having as much faith in 'theories' as religionists do in their 'faiths' and both sides being equally agressive to one another's opposing 'BELIEFS!' Because at the end of the day, no-one know's all the answers! Life seems futile, and I think it was set up that way. In my own experiences if someone asked me what I worship or what I believe in, I would say it would be a creator, whom I call 'love'