Saturday, August 9, 2014

Introduction

This blog, I'm looking to facilitate atheists finding their ethics.  I will not be like the typical theist ruling from on high, because I assume if you are an actual atheist, you came to your conclusions based on evidence.  I am of the view that ethics do not require, and in fact can be contrary to religious authoritarian rule.

I will refer to the theist material occasionally to point out contrasts, but that material will not be the foundation of the journey of ethical living.  The theist view of "what god requires is right and what god forbids is wrong" might be good enough for a child.  That broken compass is not good enough for the thinking person.

Atheism is not "let's make as much sin as we can, because we can."  That's just narcissism.  Let's leave the narcissism to the theist clergy, and look to be better than them.  http://biblehub.com/matthew/5-20.htm 

Atheist ethics is pretty much for grown ups.  You have to decide the measuring stick and weigh the evidence and decide things without the assistance of authority telling you what to do.  I do fully intend on everyone actually discussing each episode here.  Truth is not something you find in a book.  It's found by applying your ability to discover... real ethics is a science and an art.








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