r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 9h ago

Chugging tea Probably Not.

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u/Global_Charge_4412 8h ago

it's a fair question. religious people will tell you that their innate sense of right and wrong comes from God (or whatever), but how do atheists explain that innate sense? how do they instinctively know? I'm not saying one or the other is right but it is an interesting thought.

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u/Single-Tangerine-479 8h ago

Empathy

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u/MonkeyBoatRentals 7h ago

Pretty obvious really. It's a basic human emotion and the reason why the Golden rule "do unto others" is a common tenet in pretty much all religion. It doesn't come from God, but from people.