Study: Atheists Seen as a Threat to Moral Values

randybishop

randybishop

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Atheists produced more “feelings of moral disgust” than other “groups also perceived to threaten values—Muslims, gay men, and people with HIV.” Read more

What are your feelings on Atheists?

 
mudminer

mudminer

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I would be surprised if the above study WASN'T the idea of "religious churchfolks" while driving home after happy hour at bennigans and performed by same folks in between pedophilic rape events.
 
mudminer

mudminer

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I don't know if it's intentional or not (but relevant to the direction this discussion took in any case. For the moment anyway). Randy Bishop. You've been around a while man, and I'm just now putting it together. lol. good one dude.
 
tyler.durden

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It is nothing new that atheists are a feared minority group. IME people are accepting of almost ANY deity one chooses to worship. It is not believing in a deity that seems to make people so uneasy. Many people mistakenly believe that morals and ethics come from religious dogma or a deity. This is not the case. In study after study it has been shown that atheists are at least as moral and ethical, and in most cases more so, than their religious counterparts. It seems that being moral and ethical for its own sake is more noble than one doing moral/ethical acts for some eternal reward, or more disgustingly, to avoid some eternal punishment. I believe that faith, and the warm and fuzzy feelings that accompanies it, works best when everyone is participating, and when someone is not participating, it makes the others self-conscious. Like Tinkerbell, EVERYONE needs to believe in her or she ceases to exist. It's as if adult theists are playing a game of pretend, and get angry when the atheist kids decline the offer to play along. This denial seems to accentuate any doubt in the faith of the theist, and they are compelled to take it out their unease on the atheist instead of addressing the doubt or dogma itself...
 
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reasonevangelist

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tyler.durden said:
It is nothing new that atheists are a feared minority group. IME people are accepting of almost ANY deity one chooses to worship. It is not believing in a deity that seems to make people so uneasy. Many people mistakenly believe that morals and ethics come from religious dogma or a deity. This is not the case. In study after study it has been shown that atheists are at least as moral and ethical, and in most cases more so, than their religious counterparts. It seems that being moral and ethical for its own sake is more noble than one doing moral/ethical acts for some eternal reward, or more disgustingly, to avoid some eternal punishment. I believe that faith, and the warm and fuzzy feelings that accompanies it, works best when everyone is participating, and when someone is not participating, it makes the others self-conscious. Like Tinkerbell, EVERYONE needs to believe in her or she ceases to exist. It's as if adult theists are playing a game of pretend, and get angry when the atheist kids decline the offer to play along. This denial seems to accentuate any doubt in the faith of the theist, and they are compelled to take it out their unease on the atheist instead of addressing the doubt or dogma itself...
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^this. My experiences and assessments are similar, if not identical.
 
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