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On A Large Scale, No.

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Posted by Mario Dovalina on February 6, 2001 03:43:21 UTC

Despite my agnostic beliefs, I will begrudgingly admit that religion is a necessary adhesive to hold societies together. I think that I would fall under most peoples' standards of a moral person; I'm not moral out of fear/hope of an afterlife, but because my actions can help other people. Not all people see things this way, however, and to normalize atheism would cause our foundations to crumble. With no eternal reward or punishment, how else would we keep the three day Christians in line?

I'm not just saying this, either. A few months ago I mentioned a statistic to my mom that I'd read recently. Something along the lines of 70% of Americans would not vote for an Atheist. I criticized that view. My mom, however, disagreed. She said that if you're an Atheist it means you're immoral. When I questioned this, she went on to say that they are immoral because they don't believe their good deeds will go rewarded, etc.

So, I said so her: "You think the only reason people are altruistic is to get a prize? The only reason you're moral on a day to day basis is to get into Heaven?"

She said yes.

Atheism will NOT work on a large scale.

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Re: On a large scale, no. - bladesinger - February 6, 2001 - 08:06 UTC
- Re: Re: On a large scale, no. - yanniru - February 6, 2001 - 14:14 UTC
  - Re: Re: Re: On a large scale, no. - alexander - February 6, 2001 - 14:52 UTC
    - Let it to the experts? - stormcrow - February 6, 2001 - 21:26 UTC
      - Let it to the experts. - alexander - February 6, 2001 - 22:29 UTC
        
        This Forum Must Be Scientific? - johnpowell - February 7, 2001 - 01:11 UTC
        
        Re: This Forum Must Be Scientific? - gwynj - February 7, 2001 - 02:44 UTC
        
        Re: Re: This Forum Must Be Scientific? - philosofir - February 7, 2001 - 04:16 UTC
        
        What is a communism? - alexander - February 7, 2001 - 04:45 UTC
        
        Christ Wouldn't Be Crucified Today. - johnpowell - February 7, 2001 - 17:50 UTC
        
        Re: Christ Wouldn't Be Crucified Today. - alexander - February 7, 2001 - 18:39 UTC
        
        Re: Re: Christ Wouldn't Be Crucified Today. - gwynj - February 8, 2001 - 18:52 UTC
        
        Christ Would Be Crucified Today. - alexander - February 10, 2001 - 03:35 UTC
        
        maybe - gwynj - February 10, 2001 - 19:41 UTC
        
        Our animal genes. - alexander - February 11, 2001 - 00:37 UTC
        
        i suppose it doesn't matter - gwynj - February 11, 2001 - 21:03 UTC
        
        Re: Christ Wouldn't Be Crucified Today. - gwynj - February 7, 2001 - 22:05 UTC
        
        Re: Re: Christ Wouldn't Be Crucified Today. - louielouie - February 8, 2001 - 03:36 UTC
        
        the wisdom is - gwynj - February 8, 2001 - 18:50 UTC
        
        you're right - gwynj - February 7, 2001 - 21:59 UTC
Using Santa To Get Good Behavior. - johnpowell - February 6, 2001 - 16:22 UTC
- yeah - gwynj - February 7, 2001 - 02:38 UTC
  - God has evolved. - johnpowell - February 7, 2001 - 17:10 UTC
    - Re: God has evolved. - gwynj - February 7, 2001 - 21:56 UTC
      - Re: Re: God has evolved. - louielouie - February 8, 2001 - 03:27 UTC
        
        Re: Re: Re: God has evolved. - alexander - February 8, 2001 - 16:31 UTC
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: God has evolved. - yanniru - February 8, 2001 - 18:06 UTC
        
        Dark matter. - alexander - February 10, 2001 - 02:07 UTC
        
        Re: Dark matter. - alexander - February 10, 2001 - 02:12 UTC
    - Both God and Dark Matter are Invisible. - johnpowell - February 8, 2001 - 20:10 UTC
      - God or Science - yanniru - February 9, 2001 - 00:56 UTC
        
        Re: God or Science - gwynj - February 9, 2001 - 03:08 UTC
        
        Not much of a God around. - alexander - February 10, 2001 - 02:47 UTC
        
        i will fight - gwynj - February 10, 2001 - 19:27 UTC
        
        Yeah, they call it "windmill fight". - alexander - February 11, 2001 - 00:32 UTC
        
        a little inertia? - gwynj - February 11, 2001 - 20:58 UTC
      - You are - gwynj - February 9, 2001 - 03:07 UTC
Re: On a large scale, no. - gwynj - February 7, 2001 - 02:33 UTC
- Re: Re: On a large scale, no. - stormcrow - February 8, 2001 - 05:41 UTC
  - Re: Re: Re: On a large scale, no. - gwynj - February 8, 2001 - 18:45 UTC

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