Many claim an atheist can be moral, however, they often express contempt towards God. How can contempt towards the Divine be moral?

This is tough because of the context of your question, so let me try to break it down. Your question presupposes that morality stems from "the Divine. " You make a claim that atheists often express contempt towards God; this an unfair generalization.An atheist doesn't believe in God or gods, so why on earth would they express contempt for something they don't believe exists?

Some atheists express contempt towards certain religious beliefs or against certain religious people or leaders, and this is no different than some religious people practicing the same contempt for other religions. And as the question is phrased, one could say that countless religious people have had contempt for God at one time or another, often during crises, and in that respect, religious people are far more likely to have contempt towards God (since they believe in God). So I think that your question is not "How can people that have contempt for God be moral," but rather, "How can people that do not believe in God be moral.

" Let me try to reword your question (which is a loaded claim) to better clarify and answer it: 1. Morality is endowed by God.2. Belief in God is necessary to have morality.

3. Atheists do not believe in God.4. Atheists are not moral.

Using this contextual definition, atheists cannot be moral, because there is a qualifier that they must believe. Their proposed contempt for God is irrelevant, because belief is the key here. However, the crux of your question can also be interpreted like this: 1.

Morality is inspired by God.2. Morality exists outside of religion.3. Contempt for God nullifies morality.

If this is your question and we assume it is logically sound, here are some examples of moral atheists. Atheists can follow the beliefs of a religion, (e.g. Judeo-Christian beliefs) throughout life and become atheists later. They will still have a deeply internalized system of morals stemming from those past beliefs.

There is absolutely no evidence that becoming an atheist causes someone to become immoral. Or, and more likely, atheists follow a personal moral system established over time. An atheist might respond to your contextual claim by stating there is no objective standard for morality, and may suggest that the universe is indifferent to our preferences and our troubles.

This doesn't make them less moral, it just allows for the possibility that different groups have different morals, which is true and obvious. If morals weren't relevant, then radical Muslims wouldn't beat or murder their wives for being raped and "causing disorder to the land. " I should also mention that many industrialized democratic republics have vast and complex justice systems, a built-in morality system.

As a society, we have agreed upon many things that are "right" and "wrong" for our nation, state, or community. Those that violate these laws possibly have less developed morals. In fact, prison rates for self-described atheists float around 0 to 1/10th of 1 percent, lower than any other group.

So to recap, if you think only believers can be moral, then atheists cannot, by your definition, be moral. If you allow that belief in God is not necessary, then clearly atheists can be moral people. If you are suggesting that "contempt towards God" nullifies any morality, then this should be pointed at religious people, because atheists cannot have contempt towards a being in which they don't believe.

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