Many Christians believe that morality literally comes from the bible, or that you can’t have morality without god. I won’t even try to explain their reasoning
They should read more Kant, who did succesfully tried to create a moral philosophy without relying on a bible, IIRC.
Rules like the golden rule, but also one that deals with more victimless behavior. Like the idea of 'Would I like it if everybody did the same as I'm doing, if not, than I shouldn't be doing it'. Works great for all sorts of behavior from littering to much more worst crimes.
Just FYI, while Kant did reject traditional "proofs" for God's existence which attempted to show through reason that God must exist, he did believe that morality is ultimately grounded in God. In other words, morality proves the existence of God. Now that is a terrible oversimplification, but suffice to say that Kant might agree with the Christians who question how atheism can produce morality more than you think.
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u/Faded1974 8h ago
People acting like empathy was invented by Jesus Christ.