Why do you assume that a god is necessary for morality? What led you to this conclusion? What falsifiable evidence do you have?
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Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 day agoNo. We are inbuilt with a moral code by God. However, people can desensitise themselves to things or lie to themselves. This is why you need a moral code given by God. You cannot have an moral code without God.
Semester3383@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Semester3383@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
No, it doesn’t matter to the universe. Morality can still matter to you. This is the idea that existentialism is built around: you have to make choices for yourself.
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Morality matters, friend, even for atheists like me. The trouble with the “only believers can be moral” standpoint is that believers can end up doing the most heinously amoral things in the name of their god. Like burning people alive for example. Stoning sinners to death.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 day ago
But why does it matter? You can still be moral and be an atheist, but it involves adopting someone’s moral standard without any rational basis.
AngryRobot@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read.
bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
If you believe that an omnipotent God designed everything to be exactly how it is, then its a perfectly logical statement. But then you also have to accept that God gives kids cancer.