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saline · 05-29-2008, 05:55 PM

No, I don't believe athiests are moral-less animals who roam about raping and pilaging. However, I do wonder what things would be like if there were no influence from religion. Honestly, I don't see how morals would come about. When does a monkey decide to become a man and realize that its wrong to have sex with his sister? ... and other stuff monkeys do. I'm not trying to blast athiesm, it's just a question I have.

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."

"I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings."

"I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangements of the books, but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God."

- Albert Einstein

Is the above statement the "childlike" one? Because he seems pretty clear in it he doesn't consider himself athiest.

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saline Zune Freak Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: 15 miles south of Nowhere, USA Posts: 1,238 Reputation: 107	No, I don't believe athiests are moral-less animals who roam about raping and pilaging. However, I do wonder what things would be like if there were no influence from religion. Honestly, I don't see how morals would come about. When does a monkey decide to become a man and realize that its wrong to have sex with his sister? ... and other stuff monkeys do. I'm not trying to blast athiesm, it's just a question I have. "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." "I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings." "I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangements of the books, but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God." - Albert Einstein Is the above statement the "childlike" one? Because he seems pretty clear in it he doesn't consider himself athiest. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by saline : 05-29-2008 at 06:01 PM.