Zone1 Where does atheist morality come from?

[Midnight FM]

How can an atheist claim to have morals, other than by stealing morals from other sources such as the Bible, or the law of the state or nation in which they live?

For that matter, there is no way to know what every individual's morals are or where they come from, so how do we know that an atheist has morals to begin with just because they say they do?

 

[frigidweirdo]

How can an atheist claim to have morals, other than by stealing morals from other sources such as the Bible, or the law of the state or nation in which they live?

Where does religious morality come from?

Did they just invent it one day?

One day killing other people was perfectly fine, then the next day they decided it was wrong?

Perhaps religious morality came from human morality before the religion turned it into religious morality.

 

[MarathonMike]

Basic morality is obvious. Don't hurt other people. Don't steal. Try to help people if you can.

 

[onefour1]

Probably from their parents who got it from their parent who got it from their parents, etc. etc. They just copy what their parents did. When you take it all the way back to Adam and Eve, you can read where they got their morals.

 

[Moonglow]

Probably from their parents who got it from their parent who got it from their parents, etc. etc. They just copy what their parents did. When you take it all the way back to Adam and Eve, you can read where they got their morals.

Where was that?

 

[MarcATL]

lol

 

[Godboy]

How can an atheist claim to have morals, other than by stealing morals from other sources such as the Bible, or the law of the state or nation in which they live?

For that matter, there is no way to know what every individual's morals are or where they come from, so how do we know that an atheist has morals to begin with just because they say they do?

Empathy. I dont want someone to cut my eyes out. That would be horrifying. Thats why i would never do it to someone else.