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I've recently given up my faith because of a few comments people gave made to me here...Thanks! Now that I know for Sure there isn't a God, how do I decide what is right morally. Should I just base it on evolution?

Todoeltiempo 4 Apr 14
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I am a futurist so my values come from the kind of society I would like humans to build. Certain values are personal and based on what I think makes me a decent person, such as not harming people who are not a threat to me or my family. Other values like health care and education for all, are based on the kind of society I believe humans should aspire to create.

Thanks for this. I was just describing this idea to a friend, to act morally towards the way things should be rather than as they are or were

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You already knew your morals, you didn't get them from the Bible. The Bible commands you to kill your neighbor if you see him working on Sunday, but you never did that. Because you know it's wrong...and honestly, what is moral for you, benefitting from the tourture, and death of another human? You didn't get your morals from the Bible because if you did, you would be a rotten human being

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Golden Rule

lerlo Level 8 Apr 16, 2019
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Try not doing stuff to others you wouldn’t want done to you. That’s pretty moral, if you ask me.

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It is hard to consider yourself moral if you have to write the rules down. Murder is bad, was it necessary to write this down or did you know this already?

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First thing to remember: never capitalize "god."

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You don't know what is right or what is wrong? I am sure you do.
I never believe in god and I always knew the difference between both.

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This post sure feels disingenuous to me. Perhaps it is residual dishonesty from "your faith".

Just like when you were a believer, you knew 'for Sure' that a god existed, your newfound certainty that a god doesn't exist is as false as your previous belief.

If you really need to learn morality without the Buybull, look up the definition of Empathy. That and the Golden Rule will see you through.

I thought the same thing. Seemed a bit over the top scamming to me. Especially the jab at evolution..

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Base it on not being a serial killer, stalker, atv enthusiast, cigarette smoker or abuser of animals & children.

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One does not need religion to have a conscience.

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You know how the salmon in the ocean return to the sweet water rivers where they were spawned and how the swallows return to their nests ever year? Built in compass.
You have one . too. Learn to lsten to it. Meditate every day to learn to be still.

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It makes you wonder how cultures and communities survived b4 exposure to christian/islam/judiasm I mean, how did they know how to nurture their young, care for their elderly or cooperate with each other communally? Weird, its almost like we evolved naturally to favor behaviors that are condusive to our individual and collective survival. :tldr yes. base it on evolution.

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Do you seriously need help deciding how to be a good person?

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Just use the same method you used when you cherry picked the instructions from the Bible that you would obey (eg "Thou shalt not steal" ) from the ones that you wouldn't (eg "whoever does any work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death" ). You will find it works equally well without the book. You're welcome.

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Religion is no lodedtone by which to calibrate your moral compass.

& if you truly question your ability to decipher right from wrong, seek qualified mental health assistance.

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Seriously? You can't figure out what is or isn't moral without Humpty-Dumpty in the sky to tell you? Since god was never real to begin with you've been deciding for yourself what's right or wrong all your life. Just keep doing it but without the magic people to "guide" you.

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Base your moral code on the concept of minimum violation of human dignity and well-being and of the environment which sustains us. Add to that the existential position that we are responsible for all of our decisions and actions, for in all cases we could have chosen otherwise.

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I recently watched "After life" by Ricky Gervias on Netflix and this very question was answered.

"So if theres no god, whats to stop you murdering, raping and stealing as much as you want?"
"I do"
"What do you mean?"
"I do. I murder, rape and steal as much as I want to"
"But you dont"
"Yes I do"
"You don't murder and rape people"
"Thats because I don't want to. Not because some book tells me not to and I was the type of person that wanted to murder and rape? I doubt if some book would stop me anyway"

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I don't know if i'd call it evolution but the need to live peacefully in order to survive evolved long before religion came into the picture. if we don't take care of each other, we will not survive. even the animal world has it's own form of morality. they protect their young and form complex societies with different moral codes depending on the species and habitat all without a religion.

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Base it on pragmatism. Don't do anything to someone else you would not like done to you.

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How about trying to do the least harm & most good to those around you?....I have no idea about "evolution in this context......

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Do unto others before they do unto you. 🙂

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My troll detector is twitching but it could be mistaken as religion does strange things to people

@Shouldbefishing ------------ his wonders to perform

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Definitely not. Evolution is not a good guide for morals. Try starting with the Golden Rule — “do as you would be done to by others” — and go from there.

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