New Posts For Thread: GOOD WITHOUT GODhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/27669053/GOOD_WITHOUT_GODI claim that human beings can be "Good Without God" . I do not think that being an atheist makes a person good or bad. I claim that believing in God or believing that the Bible or the Quran is the word of God does not "make" a person good or baHowdySince we appear to agree that you can be good without god and can be good with god the next question that occurs to me is are people who believe in god better than people who do not believe in god? This is an event I attended a couple of weeks ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/27669053/GOOD_WITHOUT_GOD?post_id=506337873#506337873HowdySince we appear to agree that you can be good without god and can be good with god the next question that occurs to me is are people who believe in god better than people who do not believe in god? This is an event I attended a couple of weeks aTue, 06 Sep 2011 18:52:12 -0500We can ofcourse have our own morals, values, and help people. A lot of that, I believe, has to do with how we were raised.I am agnostic. One night last year my boyfriend and I picked up 3 adults who had broke down on the highway. It took us 20 minutehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/27669053/GOOD_WITHOUT_GOD?post_id=506300079#506300079We can ofcourse have our own morals, values, and help people. A lot of that, I believe, has to do with how we were raised.I am agnostic. One night last year my boyfriend and I picked up 3 adults who had broke down on the highway. It took us 20 minuteTue, 06 Sep 2011 01:57:02 -0500Howdy Jocko I as an atheist believe that people who believe in God/gods can also be "good". I have met some theists who are "good" and I have met some atheists who are "bad". It would therefore seem "self-evident" to me that being an atheist or beinghttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/27669053/GOOD_WITHOUT_GOD?post_id=506138823#506138823Howdy Jocko I as an atheist believe that people who believe in God/gods can also be "good". I have met some theists who are "good" and I have met some atheists who are "bad". It would therefore seem "self-evident" to me that being an atheist or beingFri, 02 Sep 2011 10:45:32 -0500For those of us who don't believe in any gods, we have no choice but to believe we can be good without gods, or the only alternative is that it is impossible to be good. Since atheists have just as strong opinions on right and wrong as anyone else,http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/27669053/GOOD_WITHOUT_GOD?post_id=506070343#506070343For those of us who don't believe in any gods, we have no choice but to believe we can be good without gods, or the only alternative is that it is impossible to be good. Since atheists have just as strong opinions on right and wrong as anyone else,Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:12:46 -0500I'd go along with what you say about atheists entirely, IDBC.Atheism is only about what one doesn't believe, and one doesn't build a way of life on a negation. But one negation doesn't imply all negation. No, it's the next step for the atheist that ihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/27669053/GOOD_WITHOUT_GOD?post_id=496740557#496740557I'd go along with what you say about atheists entirely, IDBC.Atheism is only about what one doesn't believe, and one doesn't build a way of life on a negation. But one negation doesn't imply all negation. No, it's the next step for the atheist that iMon, 23 May 2011 18:53:37 -0500I'd go along with what you say about atheists entirely, IDBC.Atheism is only about what one doesn't believe, and one doesn't build a way of life on a negation. But one negation doesn't imply all negation. No, it's the next step for the atheist that ihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/27669053/GOOD_WITHOUT_GOD?post_id=496659953#496659953I'd go along with what you say about atheists entirely, IDBC.Atheism is only about what one doesn't believe, and one doesn't build a way of life on a negation. But one negation doesn't imply all negation. No, it's the next step for the atheist that iSun, 22 May 2011 23:56:50 -0500Howdy Namchuck I'd go along with what you say about atheists entirely, IDBC.Atheism is only about what one doesn't believe, and one doesn't build a way of life on a negation. But one negation doesn't imply all negation. No, it's the next step for thehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/27669053/GOOD_WITHOUT_GOD?post_id=496643029#496643029Howdy Namchuck I'd go along with what you say about atheists entirely, IDBC.Atheism is only about what one doesn't believe, and one doesn't build a way of life on a negation. But one negation doesn't imply all negation. No, it's the next step for theSun, 22 May 2011 19:04:49 -0500I'd go along with what you say about atheists entirely, IDBC.Atheism is only about what one doesn't believe, and one doesn't build a way of life on a negation. But one negation doesn't imply all negation. No, it's the next step for the atheist that ihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/27669053/GOOD_WITHOUT_GOD?post_id=496636369#496636369I'd go along with what you say about atheists entirely, IDBC.Atheism is only about what one doesn't believe, and one doesn't build a way of life on a negation. But one negation doesn't imply all negation. No, it's the next step for the atheist that iSun, 22 May 2011 17:28:01 -0500I claim that human beings can be "Good Without God" . I do not think that being an atheist makes a person good or bad. I claim that believing in God or believing that the Bible or the Quran is the word of God does not "make" a person good or bahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/27669053/GOOD_WITHOUT_GOD?post_id=496634173#496634173I claim that human beings can be "Good Without God" . I do not think that being an atheist makes a person good or bad. I claim that believing in God or believing that the Bible or the Quran is the word of God does not "make" a person good or baSun, 22 May 2011 17:01:13 -0500