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Posted by JayMan on Wed Dec 1 16:00:42 2010, in response to Re: Atheist Billboard At Lincoln Tunnel Approach, posted by BMTLines on Wed Dec 1 15:48:22 2010. >>>>>Religious morality is infantile. It treats people like children who can only be convinced to do something or not do something due to fear of punishment.Doesn't law do the same thing? To an extent, yes. The law serves to provide a codified moral framework that we can (usually) agree on and providing a means for their enforcement (punishment) to assure that they are adhered to. The vast majority of people obey most laws and generally live justly because it is their nature to do so. We all, however, to varying degrees, do obey the law out of fear of punishment. It is important to note you are using the appeal to adverse consequences fallacy -- you're basically saying that the existence/non-existence of God is determined by the consequences associated with the truth or falsehood of God's existence, which is fallacious. And beside, your argument is wrong to begin with. Europe is much less religious than America and they aren't running around raping and pillaging (anymore). As well, crime rates are much higher in Red States, and atheists are vastly underrepresented in prisons... |
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