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Originally posted by IROC
One thing that atheists have going for them (and I'm not trying to speak for anyone) is that they don't believe in any kind of afterlife, so they tend to make the most of the time they have on this planet....because that's all there is. Not so much a "strong" person - just a person that sees their time as finite for logical reasons.
Mike
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I don't think this turns out to be true. If someone truly believed that there are no consequences for our decisions here, then what reason could there be to behave ethically? Only one, really, and that's the disdain of your fellow man. And what significance is that, anyway. If this life is all there is, then I'm not sure the disdain of your fellow many would be enough to control unethical behavior. It wouldn't. So, I have always thought that atheists have been a tad dishonest on this score. There is no real good explanation for their tendency to be ethical. Show me an ethical atheist, and I'll show you someone who does not REALLY believe there is no God.