Comments on: About the Moral Compass… http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/18/about_the_moral_compass A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alexgator1 http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/18/about_the_moral_compass/comment-page-1#comment-27756 alexgator1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-27756 My morals are based on the principle of enlightened self interest which is shown by most other social animals. If you don't follow the moral norms expected then you are shunned and face hardships and death. Most people and other primates don't hit each other unprovoked because we learn quickly that we will suffer a consequence if we do. Same for murder, stealing, etc- No god is required to know that these things are wrong.<br /> Alex.<br /> My morals are based on the principle of enlightened self interest which is shown by most other social animals. If you don’t follow the moral norms expected then you are shunned and face hardships and death. Most people and other primates don’t hit each other unprovoked because we learn quickly that we will suffer a consequence if we do. Same for murder, stealing, etc- No god is required to know that these things are wrong.
Alex.

]]> By: ebonyfax http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/18/about_the_moral_compass/comment-page-1#comment-27757 ebonyfax Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-27757 If there is no God, then the morality derived from the Bible has no more substance than the morality derived from any other source. If there is no God, then the morality derived from the Bible has no more substance than the morality derived from any other source.

]]> By: ebonyfax http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/18/about_the_moral_compass/comment-page-1#comment-27758 ebonyfax Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-27758 There are two kinds of sin. <br /> <br /> The first is "sins of the flesh." This includes cussing, drinking alcohol and lying. <br /> <br /> The second is "sins of the spirit." This includes attitude, arrogance and lack of compassion.<br /> <br /> I know few fundamentalists who compromise the first, and few who don't compromise the second. <br /> <br /> There are two kinds of sin.

The first is “sins of the flesh.” This includes cussing, drinking alcohol and lying.

The second is “sins of the spirit.” This includes attitude, arrogance and lack of compassion.

I know few fundamentalists who compromise the first, and few who don’t compromise the second.

]]> By: spartacus007 http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/18/about_the_moral_compass/comment-page-1#comment-27759 spartacus007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-27759 That's a very good point. Lev 20:13 seems like its commanding believers to kill the homosexuals. If your belief that homosexuality is wrong comes from this verse and you're not in prison, you're a hypocrite. That’s a very good point. Lev 20:13 seems like its commanding believers to kill the homosexuals. If your belief that homosexuality is wrong comes from this verse and you’re not in prison, you’re a hypocrite.

]]> By: Rosemary http://atheists.org/blog/2006/02/18/about_the_moral_compass/comment-page-1#comment-27760 Rosemary Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-27760 Seeker:<br /> <br /> My son and I owned a bar for a while. I can attest to plenty of fundamentalists who drank alcohol. I often drove a few of them home at closing time. Seeker:

My son and I owned a bar for a while. I can attest to plenty of fundamentalists who drank alcohol. I often drove a few of them home at closing time.

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