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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]

If you need a text or deity to have morals, then your morals must be incredibly flimsy. The selfish fear of punishment in an afterlife is the only thing compelling you to do good? That's really very sad.

I do not believe in any gods or religions, but am somehow able to have pretty stellar ethics, not because I'm looking for a selfish reward when I die - but because I really, sincerely care about others. Because my mere humanity is sufficient. Because our friends, community, family, and even total strangers are worth it, and i want to at least try to make this world a better place. [/quote]

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