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Atheists & Agnostics

Quixote1818

(30,386 posts) Sat Sep 23, 2017, 10:22 PM Sep 2017

Stanhope On... Why Atheists Have Better Morals

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Stanhope On... Why Atheists Have Better Morals (Original Post) Quixote1818 Sep 2017 OP

Amusing, but the real reason is PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #1

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,727 posts)

1. Amusing, but the real reason is

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 10:46 PM

Sep 2017

that religious people are only going to behave if they think they'll get caught misbehaving. And that it's okay to lie to, steal from, or cheat someone who doesn't share their faith. Oh, and kill them, of course. Like that entire commandment about not killing has a huge long list of exceptions.

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