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In reply to the discussion: Norwegian Muslims volunteer to protect synagogue [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)101. You just mix unrelated shit all the time. Stop that.
Yes, we have morals and values.
But they don't come FROM ATHEISM.
The only input Atheism has on our morals and values, is a disqualification of readily-available sets of morals and values created by religion.
Atheism doesn't tell me I shouldn't steal someone's stuff, or kill them, etc. My morals and values came from other places. Wholly unrelated to a belief or non-belief in god.
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1. a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
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Theists get some set of rules/values/laws from their religious doctrine/commandments, etc. Atheism provides none. You can borrow from others, you can crib them from secular sources, or you can create your own. But that doesn't make them ATHEIST VALUES.
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Obviously, religion does not cause the violent acts. Hate-filled people do that.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2015
#3
Not born in a vacuum, that is correct. Millions of peaceful Muslims, Christians, etc. are models.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2015
#7
"In the name of Islam" done by corrupted & lost souls or be a false flag, they ain't real adherents.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2015
#10
You've not shown that he was raised in a loving family or a benevolent spiritual base
Leontius
Feb 2015
#26
Islam is also about chopping off the heads of 21 coptic christians because, you know, "love".
Warren Stupidity
Feb 2015
#25
I didn't say it was. i said I think his anti-theism had something to do with it.
hrmjustin
Feb 2015
#43
My LACK of belief in god(s) forms nothing of my world view, outside answering whether or not
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#45
That wasn't the point in the link between religious sources, and religious implementers of violent
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#47
Atheism doesn't 'interact with personalities' any more than any other idea.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#58
A similar experience would be that at some point going backward in their memory
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#87
Still haven't figured out how to post with the site's copyright policy?
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#44
"Unfortunately their interpretation is just as valid as the monsters who lop off heads." (nt)
stone space
Feb 2015
#77
The point is, your atheist values aren't any use in deciding the validity of Muslim beliefs
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2015
#84
They're how *you* view the world; you don't get to be the judge of "valid Muslim beliefs"
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2015
#88