Does any atheist realize the monsters that would be unleashed if there were truly no God?

Question

I'm serious--do you know how many people who are currently holding themselves back because they believe in God? Do you realize that by not believing in God, most intelligent people would figure out that they could do whatever they wanted? If people are trying to live their life to the fullest, why not do whatever crimes you felt like, before you died. I mean, you're going to die anyway--You might as well do what you felt like--society be damned!!!

Answer 1

The fact that theists and their ilk are only restrained because of their fear of an imaginary god does not actually mean anything about their existence.

In fact, atheists make up less of prison populations - by proportion - than any other religious/non-religious group. Atheists have morality and ethics which are far superior and useful than a two thousand year old book.

Perhaps, if those people were not raised with an education based on a 2000 year old book then they may have learned to live with morality and ethics without needing an imaginary police man.

Times, they are a-changing

Answer 2

Criminals are not happy. Criminals are sick in lots of different ways and to say that to "live their life to the fullest" may include committing a crime makes me question your mental stability. Jesus Christ humanity is disturbing!!!

Answer 3

Aside from the ones that currently (try to) control people using instilled fear?

You don't need religion to have moral or ethical values, common sense, or  a sense of decency.

Answer 4

its people like you that make me thank the god that I don't believe in that there is religion, and I'm glad you have it.  If your morality must be governed by a fictional book and an imaginary god, yet you have absolutely NO inner core...I'm glad you have at least what you do.

Answer 5

I agree with boink!

Answer 6

I must admit I have seen fundie write on Y!A that if there was no invisible sky critter they would be psychopaths.

It's lucky that atheists aren't psychopaths, huh?

You would be looking over your shoulders constantly ... oh, but you do that already, don't you?

Cos, you think there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you say and do, like big old perv, even when you take a dump.

You may not be aware of this but when humans first started living with each other in families and tribes, etc, they developed simple laws.

The main one was 'do not touch me or my stuff and I will not touch you and your stuff'.

It didn't need an invisible sky critter to work out that simple little rule.

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Answer 7

d**n straight brother. Religion or God has made uis fear the after life so we dont do stupid things. However, i think you havent felt the true love of a person or didnt have a nice family. Cos i woudl rather live and be happy than commit a crime and die....  

Answer 8

Amen!!

Answer 9

So you what you are suggesting then is that Christians have mental problems that are only held in check through fear?

You may have a point as government statistics show Christians are vastly over represented in the prison population for sexual and violent crime!!  

The catholic church is paying millions to compensate the victims of the sexual crimes of their priests alone!!

But thankfully it seems that leaving religion actually lessens the risks of unrestrained bad behaviour!!

Science has shown atheists have a higher intelligence than people with a strong religious faith. The difference is 5.8 points according to findings in developmental psychology!!!    

More members of the "intellectual elite" considered themselves atheists than the national average.

Only 7 percent of members of the American National Academy of Sciences believed in God. Whilst only 3.3 percent believed in God in the UK’s Royal Society.

Several Gallup poll studies of the general population have shown that those with higher IQ’s tend not to believe in God."

Evolution in action with Christians getting left behind like the monkeys and apes before them!!!

Answer 10

Well, if you are saying that deranged, psychotic, evil people need an imaginary father-figure to keep them in line, at least you are being honest about it. Maybe you have a point, but it doesn't make a good sales-pitch for the nice folks out there.

Answer 11

Dont bother writing this stuff. You are not going to convince anyone to change their religion, or lack of religion, on yahoo answers. Think about it, would you become a Buddhist just because you read something on yahoo?

And you are right theoretically, but not realistically. If someone wants to be evil, they will, atheists or theists. wont matter.

In other words if you take two identical people, except one is theist and one is atheist, then they will behave very much the same when it comes to 'good' or 'evil'

the only difference is that one will not follow certain ceremonial rules because they have no reason to. Example: one might eat meat on lent.

Answer 12

Because some people believe in being good.  You treat others the way you would want to be treated.  In the end if you are not a good person you will get what you deserve.  Its also called revenge.  I wouldnt let someone get by with doing something evil to my family or myself.  Its also called karma.  You treat others well so that you will be treated just as fairly.  Also the government makes sure that there are no crimes committed.  Crime is against civilization.  They exist because of dysfunctional people but overall, there are rules for good being a good citizen.  You want to break the law just because you dont have a god, then by God, SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN PRISON.  Regardless of whether there is a God or not, I would rather live my life in peace rather than have someone put me in jail for committing a felony.  Justice is blind.  Justice is always fair.  And Justice does not always believe in God.

If someone doesnt want to believe in God, its their own decision on life. Let people live their own lives? Instead of you telling them what religion to believe in, who you can have relationships with, what you can do on certain days, and what you should read etc etc etc.

Please just live your own life and mind your own business!

Answer 13

Yea. You're problem here is that you assume that to have any morality at all you have to be religious.

Some people believe that being a good person is good to do because it benefits all of humanity.

Maybe that's just what you'd do if you thought that there wasnt a god. I don't and i'm not a criminal. Just a college student.

Answer 14

People with the thought process you have are the reason people have this interpretation of atheism. Atheists don't say "I can do whatever I want because God isn't realy!!! loloololllolol". Atheists realize that they have a short life span which is not to be wasted in jail, hence is why there is an incredibly low crime rate among atheists; theists actually have a phenomenal crime rate compared to atheists.

Answer 15

Yeah, I know!  If there were no God, then there would be all kinds of child molesters, serial killers, thieves, and other undesirables.  Oh, wait...

Answer 16

Do you know what monsters would be unleashed if you got rid of your bed? I mean really, the boogieman is only controlled by the existence of your bed.

Logic isn't your friend is it.... Lets see, so if there is truly no god, then all the concepts that go along with it aren't real either. Meaning all those monsters and "evil" you are so afraid of ARE NOT REAL.

Kill the devil, become an atheist!

Answer 17

Yeah, I see your point. I'm an atheist but I gotta admit that you're right.