Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Atheism

"I'm agnostic about God in the same way that I am agnostic about fairies"

One thing the article didn't crystallize well enough but did discuss is the fact that good moral behavior is its own reward. No belief in God, an afterlife, or the literal Bible is needed. If God and the word of the Bible really were the ultimate source of morality, we'd still be practicing slavery (a practice which the bible goes to great lengths to defend morally).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What do you say when an Atheist sneezes?

"Nothing happens when you die!"

Casey said...

How about "Gesundheit" which just translates literally to "health"? Less funny for certain, but maybe more diplomatic.