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RE: Perception, Reality and Truth

Comment comment by VnutZ on 30 April 2008

Let's see..do any atheists here agree with abortion? pre-marital sex? drunkeness? Gay-Marriage? While certain of these are 'illegal in certain circumstances' others are not. So yes, I'm going say that, when you are participating in certain behaviour, you are acting in an immoral manner, and continuing in the behaviour makes one immoral--by the moral compass I believe in.

I was with the rest of your response until this. I could very easily substitute the "atheists" with progressive Christian, Sunday Christian ... or just about everyone I know (who happen to associate themselves with Christianity).

I suppose an interesting question then is who is worse? An atheist that adheres to nothing except what they personally think is right or a Christian that does what they personally think is right (in this - behavior identical to the atheist) despite having stances against dogma? In that case, the Christian is the worse person. It would seem to me that there are more people of faith that think the way you describe atheists than you want to believe. And I think more atheists inherently act the way you would expect a Christian to than you would like to believe as well.

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RE: Perception, Reality and Truth by ldsudduth :: NR6

And I think more atheists inherently act the way you would expect a Christian to than you would like to believe as well.

Really? do they pray when the see an accident? I do.. Do they pray when they see foul behaviour? I do. Do they avoid and pray about pornography? Pray about abortion clinics? Pray about people and places regardless of the other persons' belief structure? I do. Those are some things I would expect a Christian to do ''In Addtion To Acting In A Moral Manner.

Based upon the answers above, do you think an atheist would inherently act the way I would expect a Christian to act.

I don't.

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