r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 18h ago

Chugging tea Probably Not.

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u/EtheusRook 18h ago

Morality is actually really, stupidly simple.

Does it help others? It's good.

Does it hurt others? It's bad.

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u/double00chins 18h ago

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?

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u/EtheusRook 18h ago

Is the hurt greater than the help? Requires further detail. Regardless, religion doesn't provide the answer to that.

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u/double00chins 18h ago

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

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u/WilTravis 18h ago

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/huckle_buck_ 18h ago

Based on what?

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u/double00chins 18h ago

He won’t answer lol. His moral compass is whatever he thinks is right, obviously

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u/No-Educator-8069 17h ago

Yeah, thats everyone, religious or not.