| Can an Atheist be Moral? [message #296] |
Wed, 20 April 2011 22:16  |
Seeker
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Quote:One cannot, therefore, be a moral person if one is an atheist. For someone who believes our country is founded on Natural Law, an atheist cannot take any government office, or even testify in a trial, because he is not answerable to any God.
I have a hard time with this because I can see that it is true from one view point but not from another. For example, if moral means to obey God's laws which requires a belief in God, then a person can't be moral without a belief in God.
A Christian might obey the natural laws for fear of punishment and for the sake of a promised reward from a great and powerful GOD, but in his heart wish to break them and complain about the laws because he has to treat others as equals.
An Atheist might obey the natural laws because they are obviously a better way to live and if everyone lived that way there would be love and peace which they want for all mankind.
When the actions of both are the same, but the reasons for those acts is different in that one believes in a God and the other does not, which of the two is more moral?
~ Seeker
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