I’ve encountered a frighteningly high number of people who say things like, “if people didn’t believe in god, what will stop them from going out to steal or kill?”
I grew up in a fairly secular household (parents never took us to church except for weddings or funerals) and even I knew from a young age that stealing* and murder is wrong. “God” didn’t factor into those morals at all.
*except stealing from big corporations, as I learned as I got older
To steal a Penn Gillette joke… I already kill and steal as much as I want already. I don’t actually want to kill anyone and I wouldn’t do it even if there were no consequences.
So just off the top of my head doesn’t christianity say not to murder people? Is the person who made this saying they desire murder?
I’ve encountered a frighteningly high number of people who say things like, “if people didn’t believe in god, what will stop them from going out to steal or kill?”
I grew up in a fairly secular household (parents never took us to church except for weddings or funerals) and even I knew from a young age that stealing* and murder is wrong. “God” didn’t factor into those morals at all.
*except stealing from big corporations, as I learned as I got older
To steal a Penn Gillette joke… I already kill and steal as much as I want already. I don’t actually want to kill anyone and I wouldn’t do it even if there were no consequences.
It also says not to have gay sex so it’s kind of a mixed bag.