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Plenty of atheists believe in the death penalty. Just as many religious folks reject it....for people who have committed murder and who can never be released back into public? Since the murderer is usurping resources from the community, why not just execute the murderer so that resources are expended on those that contribute to society?
Plenty of atheists believe in the death penalty. Just as many religious folks reject it. /thread
It makes your question redundant, because you could easily as why so many religious people oppose the death penalty.Plenty of atheists believe in the death penalty. Just as many religious folks reject it. /thread
Which doesn't address the point of my question.
It makes your question redundant, because you could easily as why so many religious people oppose the death penalty.
Oh you’re operating under the assumption that there’s no morality without religion. So like, would you be running around murdering and raping people if your religion didn’t tell you that was bad?It makes your question redundant, because you could easily as why so many religious people oppose the death penalty.
I know why believers oppose it, I'm curious why atheists do. You're an atheist, right? Do you support the death penalty?
...for people who have committed murder and who can never be released back into public? Since the murderer is usurping resources from the community, why not just execute the murderer so that resources are expended on those that contribute to society?
Oh you’re operating under the assumption that there’s no morality without religion. So like, would you be running around murdering and raping people if your religion didn’t tell you that was bad?It makes your question redundant, because you could easily as why so many religious people oppose the death penalty.
I know why believers oppose it, I'm curious why atheists do. You're an atheist, right? Do you support the death penalty?
This OP asks a stupid question. Nobody can tell whether someone is an atheist, agnostic, or theist of some sort. One could just as well post the question of why so many people who declare themselves as believing in a supreme being support the death penalty.
The way the term "atheist" is slung around these days, you'd think that people walked around with signs declaring their thoughts on the subject. It appears to be an attempt at insult used by jackasses from certain cults who declare themselves, and only themselves, to be "believers."
The moral law is written into the hearts of men, even godless atheists.Oh you’re operating under the assumption that there’s no morality without religion. So like, would you be running around murdering and raping people if your religion didn’t tell you that was bad?It makes your question redundant, because you could easily as why so many religious people oppose the death penalty.
I know why believers oppose it, I'm curious why atheists do. You're an atheist, right? Do you support the death penalty?
You mean except for the fact that atheists tend to be leftists?This OP asks a stupid question. Nobody can tell whether someone is an atheist, agnostic, or theist of some sort. One could just as well post the question of why so many people who declare themselves as believing in a supreme being support the death penalty.
The way the term "atheist" is slung around these days, you'd think that people walked around with signs declaring their thoughts on the subject. It appears to be an attempt at insult used by jackasses from certain cults who declare themselves, and only themselves, to be "believers."
Says the militant atheist posting in a religious forum.The question seems odd... as if atheists are informed in all moral choices by atheism, or something.
I think it is you theists who confuse yourselves, because you live under the assumption (or pretend to do so on Sundays) that your theism informs everything you believe. Maybe it does, good for you. When you confuse yourself is to think atheists spend any amount of time thinking about atheism that even approaches the amount of time you spend thinking about theism. Most atheists just simply don't think or care about the concepts of theism or atheism at all, when forming their beliefs. So this atheism no more informs their view of the death penalty than does their opinion of 14th century poetry (that they also do not give a shit about or spend any effort on).
How man times did you think about Jesus today? Take that number, and that is right about how many more times you thought about Jesus today than an atheist thought about atheism today, on the average. That's kind of the thing with the default state of "non-belief".
For a comparison you can "feel", consider the number of times you thought about believing or not believing in unicorns today, and how this informed your decisions and beliefs.
Poor, thin-skinned you. Can't participate in a discussion. You were the one who brought up the subject. Your attempt to link a belief in a supreme being, or lack of it, with an individual's views on the death penalty is foolhardy to begin with. The question that you posed necessarily implicates views from all across the spectrum of belief, from no belief, to every type of belief in a supreme being in the context of ethics relating to the death penalty.This OP asks a stupid question. Nobody can tell whether someone is an atheist, agnostic, or theist of some sort. One could just as well post the question of why so many people who declare themselves as believing in a supreme being support the death penalty.
The way the term "atheist" is slung around these days, you'd think that people walked around with signs declaring their thoughts on the subject. It appears to be an attempt at insult used by jackasses from certain cults who declare themselves, and only themselves, to be "believers."
I guess discussing ethics is over your head. I won't be reading any more of your drivel as I'm putting you on ignore.
You mean except for the fact that atheists tend to be leftists?This OP asks a stupid question. Nobody can tell whether someone is an atheist, agnostic, or theist of some sort. One could just as well post the question of why so many people who declare themselves as believing in a supreme being support the death penalty.
The way the term "atheist" is slung around these days, you'd think that people walked around with signs declaring their thoughts on the subject. It appears to be an attempt at insult used by jackasses from certain cults who declare themselves, and only themselves, to be "believers."
