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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (455933)	10/23/2020 7:18:36 PM
From: Alex MG	1 Recommendation Recommended By Kip S Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540820

why is it incumbent on atheists to present their moral values but apparently not on bible thumpers?? or libertarians

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (455933)	10/23/2020 10:36:00 PM
From: cosmicforce	1 Recommendation Recommended By Cogito Ergo Sum Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540820

TJOH: I do hope you don't mind if I take a stab at this. <what is your motivation to do good for humankind> Enlightened self-interest. All of us could have our circumstances change - it is good to have a world where there might be some compassion for one's change of fortunes, should that happen. God (IMVHO) is simply an unnecessary facet for it. If it helps someone be more content and satisfied with their life (and studies show it does for some people) then great. But it is completely unnecessary for a compassionate moral philosophy. I could provide my logic for why being an agnostic is (again, IMHO) the most logically defensible position - but I'll save that for another post since I accidentally deleted what I wrote. Divine interventions? No - nothing so supernatural. I navigated to Wikipedia for a reference - and poof. It was too long anyway.

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (455933)

10/24/2020 11:19:06 AM

From: koan

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That is a good question. And I wonder about it a lot.

But we know from history we are getting increasingly empathetic and kind.

So there seems to be a correlation between our collective education and humanity.

Which is a great reason to increase funding for education.

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I know.. just funning with you :) I do ask one question of atheists.. what is your motivation to do good for humankind ? to me this hint .. It should be similar to my three pillars of Liberalism.. which butts heads with my fiscal conservativeness (Small entrepreneur from a small entrepreneur family.. a tradition) Click this.. Another question wrt SCOTUS :)