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Religion and Morals
Controversies and Philosophical Absurdities

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By Vexen Crabtree, 2004 Nov 01

Religious Tolerance vs. Monotheism: Polytheist, pagan and secular ideals uphold freedom.

Confused Religious Ethics: Absolute morals are impossible. Theists have questionable moral motives.

Christian Morals: Biblical Morals, Moral Epistemology, Slavery and Antisemitism.

God Cannot be Good: The creator of morality cannot itself be moral.

God has no free will and is therefore a morally neutral being; an ammoral automaton.

Religion is Pointless because we are judged by our moral choices, not by our knowledge.

Blasphemy Laws in the UK.

The Nobel Prize-winning American physicist Steven Weinberg said, 'Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes religion.'

"The God Delusion" by Prof. Richard Dawkins, p249

Blaise Pascal (he of the wager) said something similar: 'Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.'

"The God Delusion" by Prof. Richard Dawkins, p249

If dead infants go to Heaven shouldn't parents selflessly sacrifice themselves to hell by killing their children?

"God Is Love" is an inhumane statement that undermines the value of love.

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By Vexen Crabtree, 2004 Nov 01