One sore subject that comes up in the dialogue between Christians and atheists is the idea that atheists have no morals. Let me make this very clear from the beginning:<\/p>\n
BEING ATHEIST\/AGNOSTIC\/FREETHINKING DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE NO MORALS.<\/strong><\/p>\n I want to be clear on that.<\/p>\n The difference, I think, is that Christianity has one sense of what is moral and what isn’t and we get really irritated when others don’t conform to it. Purity is a virtue which is why we frown on adultery, homosexuality, pre-marital sex, and pr0n. If I was judging atheists by those I knew in college or who I read online, this would be a bit questionable (i.e. Jen McCreight’s post on the Dan Savage pr0nfest in Seattle and her comments from the AHA gathering in Boston). However, I know that she isn’t representative of all atheists and she and I also would agree to disagree on that. (At least… I think she would.)<\/p>\n I think that there is a set of morals that all of us (believers and non-believers) can agree to:<\/p>\n -no cheating Having said that, there exists the question of atheists\/agnostics not having a chance against Christians when running for office. I think I’ve addressed this before but I think it is unfair and that the Christian generally has the upper hand because they’re a known quantity (in theory) and they’re expected to uphold a certain moral standard. On the other hand, I really have a problem with those who run for school board elections that make their faith\/philosophy into an agenda, be it Christians wanting to put God back in the schools or atheists who want to secularize things. I have no problem with secularization and evolution being taught in science classes — I have a problem with it when it is taken to an extreme.<\/p>\n This is kind of a lukewarm post based on my last ones but the issue of atheists having morals isn’t a hard one: they do — they just may differ from ours. Again, I’d love to have feedback on this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One sore subject that comes up in the dialogue between Christians and atheists is the idea that atheists have no morals. Let me make this very clear from the beginning: BEING ATHEIST\/AGNOSTIC\/FREETHINKING DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE NO MORALS. … Continue reading
\n-no murder
\n-no stealing
\n-no adultery
\n-fair wage for a day’s work
\n-help others who need it
\n-Golden Rule: do unto others as they would do to you<\/p>\n