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• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If there is no God, morality doesn’t matter.

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  • Semester3383@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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  • 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.

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    • 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.

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      • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        We live in a society. I believe that a predisposition to empathy, compassion, love, all those good things, is inbuilt in us to help maintain a stable, cohesive society. They are taught to young children, who learn to share, care, co-operate. It seems like some people never grow up, and still need a “parent” to guide them.

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