Hello. I don't believe in a god..... and I'm still a good person.

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Permalink Reply by ryan cameron on February 5, 2011 at 3:49pm

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Permalink Reply by feralboy12 on February 5, 2011 at 4:53pm

Well, yeah.

The assumption of moral superiority is the most annoying thing about religious people.  Who is more moral, one who is motivated by divine (and possibly imaginary) reward/punishment and follows an ancient, authoritative text, or one who cares about and examines the effect his/her actions have on the lives of others?

As J.D. Salinger wrote, treasure is treasure, be it in heaven or on earth.  Is "doing the right thing" more valuable when done for treasure or because one reasons that it's the right thing?

It's actually pretty easy to argue that all but the most whacko fundamentalist Christians are deriving their morality from somewhere other than the Bible; they tend to pick and choose from Biblical rules at their convenience, ignoring the obviously ridiculous stuff. 

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