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misanthrope86 First of all, the grammar is a little off, but you get the idea. Secondly, I don't want anyone to get angry/upset about it. If you have any comments about it, please be civil, repect the opinions of others. It would be nice if this image prompted reasonable and rational debate, perhaps in the forum.

papa I don't get it (the image), that's all. I don't consider myself an atheist (but I'm no literalistic, creationist either). I have read Dawkins, Sam Harris and other well regarded atheist writers enough though to know that being an atheist doesn't mean you lack morality. And I certainly don't believe that religion holds a monopoly on "goodness" or "morality". Obviously not a flame...more just perplexed. But debate is good.

Ratdog Isn't this against atheists? I'm a bit confused. I'm atheist yet I still have morals not just because I'm scared of a big guy in the clouds.

misanthrope86 Yeah it is against Atheists. I posted it to see what us Fanpop atheists thought about it. It basically says that atheists don't have morals because they don't believe in God (God is leads the moral way). I don't think that is right. Just because I don't believe in a god does not mean that I am immoral or that I am a bad person.

Spotty_Vision21 Uh... Atheists have morals. We don't have to believe in silly retribution to punish us if we don't follow them. We can still have them. =/

Sbossuy I have morals, the difference is that I have them because I think it's the right thing to do, not because I'm scared of eternal punishment.

duckey94 This really doesn't make sense to me. Just because we don't believe in some higher power watching us and punishing us, we don't have morals? I certainly don't think it's okay to rape, rob, murder or any of those things.

Spotty_Vision21 I have a new comment, more in-depth. I had put it on a youtube video and it fits here as well. "One of the creationists falsely said atheists are immoral. I am an athiest. And my morals are just as good, if not better. My reasoning is that: I have no excuse. I can't claim that god or a book told me to do it. Osama used his holy book as an excuse to kill thousands. However, if that book did not exist, who would listen to him? He would have only himself to answer to. I have myself to blame for anything and I do good things for the sake of being good, not because of fear of retribution."

Dragonclaws Good citizens will follow the law even when there's no cop around.

katiecain Christians do know the Bible actually says some of these things are okay, right?

mooimafish17 Atheists are better people - because they believe they are doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do, not because the are scared of the big man up there!

snusnu13 I find that offensive, but it's not the worst I've heard. I go to an all girls Catholic School. One of my teachers was like "Atheists don't have morals, so they shouldn't be allowed to live. We should shoot them." Half the class looked at me (they know I'm an atheist) and I was thinking MY TEACHER IS MENTAL.

Lord-Voldemort Religious people saying that Atheists are immoral because we don't have god, put themselves in an interesting situation: "If you agree that, in the absence of God, you would commit robbery, rape, and murder, you reveal yourself as an immoral person, and we would be well advised to steer a wide course around you. If, on the other hand, you admit that you would continue to be a good person even when not under divine surveillance, you have fatally undermined your claim that God is necessary for us to be good." To quote Dawkins.