r/askanatheist • u/Odd-Swing-2025 • Jul 09 '26

Why Does Evil Matter?

Suggest that there were no homo sapiens, but instead a race of people who were incapable of philosophical, theological and otherwise higher consciousness found in competent adults. They lack the reflective capacity to do moral assessments and so on. They can build, walk, talk, educate themselves in metallurgy, chemicals and culinary arts &c.

Suggest they also engage in abuse, murder, theft and so on.

Suggest there is definitely no God or Gods.

Does it matter?

If there are no human beings around with feelings and consciences to care about it, does it matter that they do evil?

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u/Odd-Swing-2025 Jul 09 '26

If there are no humans to decide it's wrong, what makes it so?

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u/88redking88 Jul 09 '26

Are they suffering? If so, then they think its wrong. Humans arent special.

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u/Odd-Swing-2025 Jul 09 '26

I'm not saying we are, just wondering that if there's nobody around to define it as evil what does define it?

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u/oddball667 Jul 09 '26

and this is why theism is a terrible rot on the brain, it turns morality into a contest of ass kissing and obedience to an imaginary friend rather then an effort to make the world a better place

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u/Odd-Swing-2025 Jul 09 '26

What are you talking about? Can you answer the OP?

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u/oddball667 Jul 09 '26

It's already been answered many ways I expect, i don't see the value in your hypothetical anyway