This is not “An excellent critique of Secularism”. It is a lying diatribe against atheism full of pompously inflated phrasing. I do not need to believe in the supernatural in order to have “a substantive ethical vision” (i.e. morality), or to avoid a shopping addiction.
Atheism does not provide any kind of foundation for ethics, any more than non-belief in ghosts or reincarnation does, but it does not prevent morality. Nor does it pervert morality or cause moral stagnation, as religion so often does.
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Couldn’t disagree more. Let’s debate this tomorrow.
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This is not “An excellent critique of Secularism”. It is a lying diatribe against atheism full of pompously inflated phrasing. I do not need to believe in the supernatural in order to have “a substantive ethical vision” (i.e. morality), or to avoid a shopping addiction.
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atheism provides no metaphysical foundation for ethics it’s meaningless, purposeless universe.
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Atheism does not provide any kind of foundation for ethics, any more than non-belief in ghosts or reincarnation does, but it does not prevent morality. Nor does it pervert morality or cause moral stagnation, as religion so often does.
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Some of the logical conclusions of atheism are nihilism and determinism. Both prevent morality.
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