A Question for Atheists...

[David Gould]

Do Atheists believe that suffering is wrong. When I say that, I mean, do you see a starving, diseased, much help needed community in a third world country and not like it?

I see that and I do not like it.

Is rape and murder a bad thing?

Give me a context and I will tell you my preference.

Are there things that just shouldn't be done by humans?

Please answer that, but tell me why, as best you can.

No, there is nothing that 'just shouldn't be done by humans'.

This is because we always have a context for our actions. We do things for reasons within that context. In other words, in order to say, 'Thou shalt not' you would need to provide a reason why people should not. And because we operate for reasons within contexts, absolute statements of 'should' and 'should not' are nonsense terms.

Look at 'Thou shalt not murder' for example. Murder is 'illegal killing'. But who defines what is illegal? We do. In some cultures, government sanctioned killing is legal; in others, it is not. Both are following the 'thou shalt not murder' rule; both are doing completely opposite things.

 

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Do Atheists believe that suffering is wrong. When I say that, I mean, do you see a starving, diseased, much help needed community in a third world country and not like it?

NO, I say to myself: How many jobs could we export there?

Is rape and murder a bad thing?

Unless I was a Viking, yes I see it as immoral. Yes, atheist are capable of morals.

Are there things that just shouldn't be done by humans?

Yes. Lying (Bible), killing for no apparent reason (Crusades) and copying without sighting source (Flood, Jesus, Ten Commandments), also called plagarism.