Why don't Atheists run amok?

[SezMe]

Could you put that in more comprehensive English for people who have English as a second language?

Doing so will also help those of us who have English as our first language.

 

[Bram Kaandorp]

Doing so will also help those of us who have English as our first language.

I thought it was just me.

 

[tsig]

Laziness walks in my family.

I think you forgot ths "s".

 

[Bram Kaandorp]

I think you forgot the "s".

ftfy.

I guess laziness doesn't just crawl in the family.

 

[dafydd]

I think you forgot ths "s".

I was too lazy to type it but I just fixed it during a burst of lethargy.

 

[RandFan]

ftfy.

I guess lAziNess d0esn't just craw1 THREW the family.

i'M DRINK

 

[Bram Kaandorp]

i'M DRINK

Figures.

 

[Elizabeth I]

Don't forget Hitler was an xian.

CO denies it. ("He denies it," said the King. "Leave out that part.") He seems to think Hitler put salt on his porridge.

 

[RandFan]

Figures.

I don't usually drink beer but when I do I get drunk and fall down. Stay thirsty my friends.

 

[wolfgirl]

Was anyone able to parse the above sentence?

Didn't even try. It made so little sense, it wasn't worth the effort.

 

[Silly Green Monkey]

Here's Paul on the whether non-believers can be moral:

"For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them." (Rom 2:14-15, NKJV)

I'm pretty sure it's saying that despite Gentiles not having the laws set down by God, they're still following them because the laws aren't just commands, they're the natural thing to do. I'm not sure what the reference to thoughts means.

 

[wolfgirl]

If there's no god and there's no rules or consequences to life what does it matter what you do in life?

If good and bad are merely subjective terms why don't Atheists do whatever they want whenever they want?

Do Atheists live by morals and ethics they have inherited from Theists?

In case anyone doesn't already know, I'm an Atheist.

One word...empathy.

I don't need a supernatural being to tell me that hurting others is bad. I only need my own common sense:

I don't want to be hurt.
Others don't want to be hurt.
I should not hurt others.

 

[SezMe]

I thought it was just me.

It is just you. I'm just trying to cover up that fact.

 

[Bram Kaandorp]

"For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them." (Rom 2:14-15, NKJV)

Could any linguist try to untangle the English here?

I've looked up other versions, but they also don't really make sense either.

 

[RandFan]

Could any linguist try to untangle the English here?

I've looked up other versions, but they also don't really make sense either.

I'm cunning but not a linguist. Sorry.

 

[Bram Kaandorp]

I'm cunning but not a linguist. Sorry.

You're really drunk, aren't you?

Thanks, Dafydd, for opening up the bar.

 

[slingblade]

Could any linguist try to untangle the English here?

I've looked up other versions, but they also don't really make sense either.

Well, I can take a shot at it.

Hand me my pistol.

 

[RandFan]

You're really drunk, aren't you?

Thanks, Dafydd, for opening up the bar.

My birthday was two days ago. I've save sobriety for sleeping. Truth is though I don't drink much. Once a week at most but once in awhile I cut loose.

 

[dafydd]

You're really drunk, aren't you?

Thanks, Dafydd, for opening up the bar.

Are you asserting that he is under the affluence of incohol? I'm not as think as you drunk I am.

 

[slingblade]

Take me drunk; I'm home.