Penn Jillette (Penn and Teller): "The question I get asked by religious people all the time is, without God, what’s to stop me from raping all I want? And my answer is: I do rape all I want. And the amount I want is zero. And I do murder all I want, and the amount I want is zero. The fact that these people think that if they didn’t have this person watching over them that they would go on killing, raping rampages is the most self-damning thing I can imagine." [#atheism
In my opinion - and experience - the reason that highly religious people - those who define themselves by their religion - don't understand things like this, is for the same reason they don't like evolution, or books, or so many other things.
They want whats, and are terrified of whys.
Why wouldn't someone want to rape or murder? Because hurting others is bad. Why is it bad to hurt other people? Because humans are social animals, etc.
@thepoliticalcat@Nonya_Bidniss
I can just barely remember the times before my conscience kicked in, we have to learn decency but shouldn't require the threat of eternal damnation to behave
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