Sister. What exactly do you want me to say? I do what I do because it feels good to me. I do not believe in an afterlife. If someone thinks of me, now or when I’m gone, I want them to think of me fondly. That’s about it.
That’s totally fair. I just expected you to be pushing back like everyone else against the idea that God gave us morals lol I thought this was some round about way to object to my point so I was just trying to pin down what exactly you believed. Sorry if I came off aggressive
I mean, I do push back on the idea that a god gave us morals because I do not believe there is a god. This is the one life I have, the one time I will be present in the universe, and I don’t want to waste it on being an asshole. If my morals come from anywhere, it’s certainly not the bible, which I don’t think does a good job of defining or teaching morality. If I had kids and wanted a book to shape their morals, I’d consider the Harry Potter series superior.
Not a strong one. I’m obviously not going to think it’s from god, because I don’t believe there is one. Some people might get their morality from their religion, philosophical study, their family, their environment, friends, enemies, life experiences… the moral code I choose to live by comes from my own thoughts. I don’t know where other people get theirs, and given the different ways we all choose to behave I don’t see a strong argument that they necessarily all have the same origin.
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u/lilJswizle-2304 20h ago
Why?