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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Objectively false my friend.
How would animals have morals if that was the case? Why would they have a sense of fairness baked into them if it came from a religion they couldn't possibly comprehend?
The reality is that morality as we perceive it, is mostly just the natural rules that let us work together. This little known scientific concept called 'apes strong together', meant that the people who possessed a basic sense of morality could work with others and accomplish more, then those without it, and those without it, died off.
That's all morality is. It has nothing do with any magical creature.
Empathy is luxury. If you don't have food you will not care. Morals is the thing that stops you.
If religion is what stops you from doing bad things, please don't ever give it up.
In my hitchsperience "it takes religion for a decent human to commit atrocities".
I like how a comment about religion being the foundation of morality historically - makes people believe that I am bashing atheist people
People just like to "correct" others...
For instance I think religion is historically the foundation of immorality. A practice used to exclude, hate, opress, kill and worse.
If god told you to go and kill a child, would you do it ?(1 Samuel 15:3)
Power corrups. Religion is power so it is corrupt by default.
Witch hunting was done by the people, not power hoarders, and I'm pretty sure that was plain out evil with the excuse of religion.
You can't have food, and in result act egocentrically, disadvantaging others and still feel bad about it. Having empathy does not necessitate acting on it.
No you won't have empathy towards your enemies when you don't have the luxury to do so.
How many conflicts are going on right now where religion and local society is killing 'others' without any mercy?
Do you think those brain washed massses can waste to feel emphatic towards the enemy that is 'evil', 'bad' or 'unclean' and deserved to be killed?
If they would - they freaking would stop all these friggin wars. Morality wins - and morality still not a good thing.
I don't see how 'luxury to do so' should disprove my point.
Regarding the rest:
While I agree with the underlying sentiment, I wouldn't go so far as to generalize entire population groups and claim they do not feel empathy, even if they kill others. Also: This is drifting a bit beyond what I wanted to point out, therefore I won't go into more detail.