If any of you have ever scrolled through some images of atheist quotes or followed atheist programs/accounts on Twitter like I have, you'll see a lot about morality, and how the Bible and Koran are full of immorality by today's standards. What I hope to find out is if those standards are exclusively secular. Is atheism inherently or fundamentally good, or did it just kind of happen to be that way? As an atheist, I don't ascribe any of my morality to any books or holy texts, but where did it come from? I certainly didn't just become moral one day. Or did I? What I want to know is by what process did morality, objective morality especially, come about? If anyone would like to make a claim as to where morality comes from and how it got to be so contradictory to popular holy texts, please respond with your ideas. All thoughts are important. However, you are warned: any unsubstantiated or illogical claims will be ridiculed like they deserve to be, no matter who posted them. Ration is one of the few tools we have as atheists, so use it. That goes for you, too, theists.
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Atheism is not a moral philosophy. It is simply a lack of belief in gods. You could be an evil, raping, murdering tyrant and be an atheist (or a pope). If you chose to reject religion and find your moral principles elsewhere I would hope you choose respect and concern for your fellow humans as a foundation. For instance, secular humanism is a moral argument that believers and unbelievers can share.
My morals come from treating people how I want to be treated.
All religions are human made. All human morality is human. All the morality in the bible is man made. Including the evil doctrine of a single human sacrifice. Bloody death cult.