Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 months agoTacos.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1903arrow-down130cross-posted to: atheism@lemmy.worldatheism@lemmy.world
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minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up43·5 months ago Why be good if there is no hell? Because morale is a societal and not a religious thing.
minus-squareUlvain@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 months agoIt seriously feels good to see this written down sometimes. I hate that religion somehow laid claim to morality.
minus-squaredariusj18@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoMy rebuttal to this is (they usually include murder as the bad thing being done), “Are you telling me fear of hell is the only thing keeping you from murdering me right now? Says a lot more about your morals than mine.”
Because morale is a societal and not a religious thing.
It seriously feels good to see this written down sometimes. I hate that religion somehow laid claim to morality.
My rebuttal to this is (they usually include murder as the bad thing being done), “Are you telling me fear of hell is the only thing keeping you from murdering me right now? Says a lot more about your morals than mine.”