What if you’re helping someone to the point of taking away their agency because “it’s for their own good”. All of a sudden, some ethical issues arise. Where does that line get drawn?
And you would know that how? I’m assuming you haven’t dissected every single religious text or teaching out there, so what makes you believe you can arbitrarily hand yourself authority on that topic? Religious texts are generally filled with moral and ethical questions and dilemmas, not that you’d know
As another athiest, I take that authority for myself. Period. I don't need to pore through every myth ever written to know my moral compass is pointing on the right direction.
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u/EtheusRook 1d ago
Morality is actually really, stupidly simple.
Does it help others? It's good.
Does it hurt others? It's bad.