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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I rejected my familial religious beliefs when I developed a mind of my own around age 12.

I believe in karma, [b]the golden rule[/b], etc., but buying into any organized religion's b.s. is simply foolish IMO.

THis is the one area in which I think Karl Marx was right:  Religion is the opiate of the masses.[/quote]

Which Golden Rule?  Whoever has the gold makes the rules?

Why not live by whatever you can get away with?  Whatever makes you happy, no matter how miserable it makes anyone else?

Why not base life on greed, subjugation, degradation, cowardice, avarice?

If there is no Absolute Authority ("God"), there are no standards or rules.  We're all atoms colliding and falling apart.  Sand being sifted in the solar wind.  So no difference between Stalin and Ghandi:  they both led personally fulfilling lives, and now they are gone.

No justice.  No peace.  No hope.  Just chaos and annihilation.[/quote]

My goodness, wow.

OK, so when you tell your kid not to hit his brother, do you say he should not hit his brother because God says so, or because it hurts his brother and people don't like to be hurt? Do you tell your children that they should be honest because Jesus is watching, or because it is kinder and fairer to other people that they be honest?

It sounds like what you are saying here is that if God or Jesus is not watching, there is no reason to be good. Children (like myself) brought up without God are often taught the more direct reasons for living decently and honestly -- because it is better for everyone around us, and it is how we ourselves would like to be treated. Yes, THAT Golden Rule.[/quote]

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