Moral accountability has been lost--at least in my opinion--as religious institutions in the United States continue to lose influence. People have lost interest in behaving morally, and now seem to act more within the law as oppose to acting within a moral-framework. We have all seen that "well, it's not illegal" rational be used to "justify" immoral behaviors (e.g. cheating, abortion, lying, stealing). Religions like Christianity (unlike atheism) provide a moral structure for people (or at least attempts to). Many people unfortunately lost their sense of moral duty when they lost religion. Obviously religion is not the only source of morality, and in fact I don't think it is the best. That said, I believe the masses need to be guided in the right direction when it comes to thinking morally--they need a reason to be moral.
With the issue of abortion, it is clear that pro-life is the moral position. It takes an immoral and psychopathic (I know, redundant) worldview to end an already existing and developing HUMAN life for the sake of convenience (typically financial). Many believe that killing human life becomes more morally justified the younger it is. It seems the morally-deficit need a reminder that morality is not about the flourishing of bank accounts or lack of accountability, but is about engaging in behaviors that promotes the flourishing of human life. There is a big difference between preventing life from coming into existence (contraceptive) and destroying an already existing human life. It's like if we have some lead and gun powder on a table with a casing (all separated into three parts), and claim that such a thing is same as a bullet being shot out of a gun (let that that resonate for a bit). The fact that the majority of atheists are pro-choice is reflective of a lack of moral-intelligence. For those that wanted to have sex with people they didn't want to have offspring with, tough luck--actions have consequences--and murder is not justified because of some inconvenience. Putting a baby up for adoption is way better than killing it (even though the giving away of your own offspring isn't moral either, it's the lesser of the two evils by far). In other words, if you accidentally got/get pregnant, and don't want to have a baby, wait the 9 or so months, and put it up for adoption--it's the least you could do for your son/daughter.
Obviously not all atheists are pro-choice and not all believers are pro-life. The problem is not with atheism or religion, but with lack of moral accountability. Religion (at least at the moment) has an advantage over atheism in that it has moral accountability already built in (God). Another problem I see is that religion provides morality, but gives no real reason for why people should behave morally (God is not a "real reason" for a nonbeliever). Our society's moral well-being has become reliant on religion, and without it we (as a whole) don't know what to do with ourselves.
With the issue of abortion, it is clear that pro-life is the moral position. It takes an immoral and psychopathic (I know, redundant) worldview to end an already existing and developing HUMAN life for the sake of convenience (typically financial). Many believe that killing human life becomes more morally justified the younger it is. It seems the morally-deficit need a reminder that morality is not about the flourishing of bank accounts or lack of accountability, but is about engaging in behaviors that promotes the flourishing of human life. There is a big difference between preventing life from coming into existence (contraceptive) and destroying an already existing human life. It's like if we have some lead and gun powder on a table with a casing (all separated into three parts), and claim that such a thing is same as a bullet being shot out of a gun (let that that resonate for a bit). The fact that the majority of atheists are pro-choice is reflective of a lack of moral-intelligence. For those that wanted to have sex with people they didn't want to have offspring with, tough luck--actions have consequences--and murder is not justified because of some inconvenience. Putting a baby up for adoption is way better than killing it (even though the giving away of your own offspring isn't moral either, it's the lesser of the two evils by far). In other words, if you accidentally got/get pregnant, and don't want to have a baby, wait the 9 or so months, and put it up for adoption--it's the least you could do for your son/daughter.
Obviously not all atheists are pro-choice and not all believers are pro-life. The problem is not with atheism or religion, but with lack of moral accountability. Religion (at least at the moment) has an advantage over atheism in that it has moral accountability already built in (God). Another problem I see is that religion provides morality, but gives no real reason for why people should behave morally (God is not a "real reason" for a nonbeliever). Our society's moral well-being has become reliant on religion, and without it we (as a whole) don't know what to do with ourselves.
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