Where do atheists get their morals from?

[HVC]

pfft there are men who steal and squander fortunes over hot women. If she was hot enough you'd have taken it Hell, you foresaked your jewish culture for your wife. Obvioulsy she was hotter then annoying Trotsky woman

[Iormlund]

pfft there are men who steal and squander fortunes over hot women. If she was hot enough you'd have taken it Hell, you foresaked your jewish culture for your wife. Obvioulsy she was hotter then annoying Trotsky woman

She was under the Vicky Mendoza Diagonal.

[Malthus]

pfft there are men who steal and squander fortunes over hot women. If she was hot enough you'd have taken it Hell, you foresaked your jewish culture for your wife. Obvioulsy she was hotter then annoying Trotsky woman

It's not that I didn't want to, it is that I couldn't. After a while, faking an interest requires actually being into it. That I couldn't do, not even for hot-to-trotsky. 

[Neil]

what do you mean by militant. Define your terms.

Someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

[The Brain]

Religious people are amusing.

[Grey Fox]

Religious people are amusing.

Sometimes. Other times, they say stupid shit like that the earth is 6 to 9 thousands years old or that having Faith his the biggest luck of their lfie.

[Phillip V]

Here is a good recent book by the Dalai Lama. He proposes a way to lead an ethical, happy, and spiritual life beyond religion and offers a secular program of mental training for cultivating key human values.

http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Religion-Ethics-Whole-ebook/dp/B005LVQZ3E/

[crazy canuck]

Here is a good recent book by the Dalai Lama. He proposes a way to lead an ethical, happy, and spiritual life beyond religion and offers a secular program of mental training for cultivating key human values.

http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Religion-Ethics-Whole-ebook/dp/B005LVQZ3E/

I wonder if the fact that Viking's head is now spinning makes him more or less Hott in Malthus' view?

[Valmy]

Religious people are amusing.

Sometimes. Other times, they say stupid shit like that the earth is 6 to 9 thousands years old or that having Faith his the biggest luck of their lfie.

Hey!  Everybody has a God sized hole in their life only God can fill!!!111

[Valmy]

Yes. And I always immediately ask myself "how do I know if this stuff is allegory".

Because ancient people usually communicated allegorically.

[Malthus]

I wonder if the fact that Viking's head is now spinning makes him more or less Hott in Malthus' view?

In point of fact, I have no idea if Viking is hott, should I wish to swing that way, as I've never seen his pic.  The only guys I'd absolutely rule out sight unseen are ones who look like circus freaks - the unusually short or tall, that sort of thing. 

[Siege]

Moderate christians do not live as if god were real and jesus died for their sins.

This is probably true, but not for the reasons you think.

Did you ever ask yourself, just once, "what if this stuff is allegory", when reading the Bible?

Yes. And I always immediately ask myself "how do I know if this stuff is allegory".

What if nothing in the Torah (5 books of Moshe- First 5 books in your bible) was allegory.
What if everyhthing was literal?

How would that change your perception of the wold?

[Razgovory]

I think he'd still act the same, just arguing the opposite.

[dps]

Moderate christians do not live as if god were real and jesus died for their sins.

This is probably true, but not for the reasons you think.

Did you ever ask yourself, just once, "what if this stuff is allegory", when reading the Bible?

Yes. And I always immediately ask myself "how do I know if this stuff is allegory".

What if nothing in the Torah (5 books of Moshe- First 5 books in your bible) was allegory.
What if everyhthing was literal?

How would that change your perception of the wold?

Whether they are literally true, allegorically true, or completely false (or some other possibility) has little to no effect on his world view if he doesn't believe them to be at least partly true.

[Neil]

What if nothing in the Torah (5 books of Moshe- First 5 books in your bible) was allegory.
What if everyhthing was literal?

How would that change your perception of the wold?

Then they'd be false, and could be disregarded.