Atheism and Moral Values

Flint · 12-21-2008, 10:35 AM

I often wonder whether people who insist that we need a giant cosmic axe hanging over our heads to keep us from going hog wild--raping, pillaging, and blowing up our neighbor's house with dynamite, are just naturally "bad" people. Why would the default mode be assumed to be "bad" behavior, unless they've taken a look inside themselves, and that's what they see?

If the only thing keeping you from robbing the 7-11 and using the proceeds to do coke off of hooker's asses, is that you are afraid that an angry man in the sky is watching you (he sees you when you're sleeping!) and will punish you for your actions, then you are basically ƒucked in the head. Please steer clear of me and my family.

I much prefer, and I think society benefits more greatly from, people who have a natural inclination towards "good" behavior, i.e. what their parents taught them, what they can absorb from the structure of society that surrounds them, without having to be threatened/coerced into "good" behavior by external forces. . . . If you can't find it within yourself to be a good person, then you aren't trying very hard.

12-21-2008, 10:35 AM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I often wonder whether people who insist that we need a giant cosmic axe hanging over our heads to keep us from going hog wild--raping, pillaging, and blowing up our neighbor's house with dynamite, are just naturally "bad" people. Why would the default mode be assumed to be "bad" behavior, unless they've taken a look inside themselves, and that's what they see? If the only thing keeping you from robbing the 7-11 and using the proceeds to do coke off of hooker's asses, is that you are afraid that an angry man in the sky is watching you (he sees you when you're sleeping!) and will punish you for your actions, then you are basically ƒucked in the head. Please steer clear of me and my family. I much prefer, and I think society benefits more greatly from, people who have a natural inclination towards "good" behavior, i.e. what their parents taught them, what they can absorb from the structure of society that surrounds them, without having to be threatened/coerced into "good" behavior by external forces. . . . If you can't find it within yourself to be a good person, then you aren't trying very hard. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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