In article <1129756078.709791.265970@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
ugottarubmetherightway@hotmail.com wrote:
I've been reading some posts about Samantha Runnion over at
alt.atheism, which makes for some very entertaining reading:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/browse_frm/thread/b45ae747c6681
787/2d992dc8a2323446#2d992dc8a2323446
Atheists are people who don't believe in God. They say there's no
afterlive, and you cease to exist when you die. With that in mind, I
wonder at the rage atheists express over Alejandro Avila and his murder
of Samantha Runnion, or their rage at any other killer. What if someone
wanted to rape and murder a seven year old girl? Sure, you might be
able to say it's morally wrong. But what does that matter? We are all
going to face the horror of oblivion one day. One day when our bodies
die, that will be it... we will cease to exist. Hitler, Stalin, Pol
Pot, Mao, Genghis Khan, Madeline Albrecht, Janet Reno, and Hillary
Clinton all faced or will face the exact same fate that happened to
Jesus christ, Mother Theresa and Ghandi. Atheists tell us that no
matter how morally good you are, you will face the exact same end
result as the worst child molestor that ever lived. So what's the point
of being good? You won't be rewarded for it in the afterlife. And you
won't be punished in the afterlife for your evil deeds. Why can't
someone go out and rape little girls and bash their skulls in
afterward? Why shouldn't they do that? Ultimately, the exact same thing
would happen to them if they didn't. Living a good life as a law
abiding citizen that cares about others will earn you the same result
as someone who enjoys inflicting pain on others.
I think the main lesson atheism teaches is that good and evil doesn't
matter, evil will never be punished, and the righteous will never be
rewarded. There's no reason to do good and help your fellow human
beings, and there's no reason why child molestors and murderers
shouldn't do what they do.
Whether some people deserve a reward and some people deserve to be
punished is irrelevant to the question of whether there is a god or not.
A supernatural deity doesn't suddenly spring into existence merely
because you think it's not fair that Mother Teresa wasn't rewarded and
Hitler wasn't punished when they died.
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