Smidlee said:
Maybe he is referring to the fact if there is no God then there is no such thing as gay rights or any other rights. The universe nor nature itself does not reveals right vs wrong including killing,rape,etc . Killing is very natural. Again atheist is a "nothing" which of itself stand for or against nothing. Without God the only rights that exist is the one government gives you which are in the position of God. |
Our emotions are the product of thousands of years of evolution. Morality is a product of natural selection. We work best as a species when we work collaboratively, which is the reason why we nurture our young and love each other. It's not that it makes those emotions any less "real," though. The big bad government isn't the only thing we can look to in leiu of religion; our morality can be based solely off of social interaction and past experience.
Example: You are called a bad name by one of your friends and you tear up because it makes you sad to hear it. You then remember a time when you called someone a bad name and realize your mistake. Name calling = bad. A very simplistic example, but it works. Morality works much the same as our other knowledge. Similarly, for example, if one burns their finger on the stove and feel pain, they will make a conscious effort in the future to not touch the stove again.
This isn't the only way we learn, of course. I almost forgot to mention that. We don't just learn from action/reaction situations.
I survived the Apocalyps3
