• NutWrench@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Agreed. If the only that stops some people from committing crimes is the threat of supernatural punishment, then they have the morality of an insect.

    • Otkaz@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      As an atheist I can’t tell you how many Christians have asked me why I don’t just rape and murder people if I don’t believe in hell. Tells me everything I need to know about that POS.

  • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This person is openly telling you that the only thing stopping them from being a shitty person is some myth about otherworldly punishment after they die.

    Which, of course, means they’ll be juuuust as shitty as they believe they can get away with.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
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      11 months ago

      Yeah, the “why be good if there’s no God/Hell” is a disturbing as fuck argument, because it essentially says that if they decide that their god wants them to start killing, they’ll do it.

      I’m good because if I do something bad, I feel bad about it. It’s pretty simple.

      • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
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        11 months ago

        exactly. i understand that doing bad things is bad because i feel guilt and shame when i do bad things. conversely, i feel good when i do good things. I also understand the broader implications of both-- not to mention that i have empathy and can see the impact of my actions upon others while caring as well.

        i don’t need a fairy tale to threaten me with eternal torture in order to not be a sociopath.

  • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    I always hate that argument. Why be a decent human without the threat of eternal damnation? I mean that threat doesn’t seem to stop a vast number of religious people from being unbelievably cruel to their fellow humans, so…

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    “Why even be good if there’s no heaven?”

    They are actually absolutely right. Because I don’t believe in heaven, I’m exactly as evil as I want to be

    • Kedly@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      I sexually assault and murder exactly as much as I want to, and that amount is zero… ok, at least the sexually assault part