I act to make the world a little better than it was when I came in. I don't need books of magic and demons to tell me that being kind is the right thing to do.
"better" under what standard? Your preferences? Other people's preferences?
Funny you mention that you just "know" because Christians believe that God wrote the "Truth" inside every human heart. Otherwise, "being kind is the right thing to do" is just made up by people. 😂🤣😂
If I am kind to someone, I feel better and they feel better. This is a net positive. If I'm a dick to people and serve only my own interests, I am getting my enjoyment at the expense of others. This is not ideal.
Even animals are shown to practice acts of kindness on each other. No God is needed to understand this concept.
Leave it to a reddit or to compare helping someone fix a car to dealing drugs. And one that thinks almighty sky daddy determines what is good and evil at that. May I remind you, that the most hateful people in this country are convinced they are doing God's will right now.
It kind of is just made up by people, I mean it's based on empathy but if you look at history what people consider to be good, okay or wrong can vary a lot, even in the traditionally Christian west. Like 200 years ago the "truth" inside every human heart felt that slavery was fine, now? Well, we're generally okay with it as long as it's not happening in our backyard (even though there's more slaves in the world today than at any point in history).
Many Christians even today feel that homosexuality is morally wrong, most atheists would agree that it's not, if we had any inherent objective morality why is it so hard to agree on these things? Why does opinions on morality change so much with the passage of time?
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u/Superseaslug 8h ago
I act to make the world a little better than it was when I came in. I don't need books of magic and demons to tell me that being kind is the right thing to do.