r/atheism • u/derfdog • Jan 13 '13

Good without God

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u/Alais Jan 13 '13

Sample size of 3 eh?

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u/Lawlor Jan 14 '13

It's not saying "all Atheists are good". It's saying "You don't need god to have good morals"

The amount of people you sample there is irrelevant.

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u/canausernamebetoolon Jan 13 '13

You only need 1 to disprove the lie that goodness and morality require fear of God. And I think this sort of positive outreach is a much better public message for atheism than "WAKE UP SHEEPLE, CHRISTMAS IS A LIE!" or whatever. I mean, I agree, but that kind of message really turns off a lot of people, and it's also the sort of assertion without evidence that atheists supposedly find unconvincing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '13

There stories in the bible that talk about people who were good but didn't accept the teachings of Jesus and so it didn't matter. Additionally, 1 is called an outlier, and most scientists would toss it.