Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Morality Without Religion

When someone says "you can't have morality without religion," that says more about them than it does morality or religion. Specifically, it says "I only do good because I'm afraid someone is watching and judging me." That's not being a good and moral person. That's an asshole trying to hide what they are. Good people do good because they know its right, not because some book says they'll be punished forever if they don't. Relying on a supernatural carrot-and-stick isn't actually a good foundation for morality. Only the ethically disabled need to rely on a series of threats and rewards to do the right thing. Real people never did and never will.

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