LINK Atheists and believers have different moral compasses | Live Science
This finding is "intriguing," Rios said. There's a notion in many Western societies that religious belief and rational, scientific thought are incompatible, she said. "Yet, the finding that religious believers don't see rational thinking as any less of a moral issue than do non-believers suggests this notion of conflict may be overstated," Rios said.
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“How can you be a moral person and be an atheist?” I get asked by Christians who don’t know me. Friends who are atheists get asked the same thing. It is rude and tiresome. Being a good person is a choice.
On a dating site, a Christian psychologist sent me this message:
“I really like your playful, creative, giving being. You’re more spiritual than most religious people. I’m curious how an atheist can live that way.”
I would never hassle Christians about their faith. Christians who don’t know me often insist that I explain:
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Why I am an atheist.
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How the universe began (as if being an atheist automatically makes me an astrophysicist). “Nobody knows,” I reply. “Science is advancing every year."
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What happens when people die. “Nobody knows,” I reply.
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What is spirituality?
I don’t have to justify my lack of belief in an invisible diety to anyone.
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