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Reality vs. Deity Based Morality |
So who has the advantage? Who has the superior moral code? Are Theists more moral than Realists because they have God on their side? Or do Realists have the advantage because our moral standards are based on solid axioms and we have a consistent world view? God vs. Reality - which one is better? That's easy - Realism is better.
"How arrogant", you declare. "Are you saying that you are smarter than God?" The answer is - YES! Because being smarter than God means being smarter than nothing. God doesn't exist! If there was a God, he certainly did not write the holy books. Those books were written by people in the past and they weren't very good writers. The moral codes in the Bible, for example, are highly inconsistent and just plain don't make any sense.
Take the Ten Commandments for example. One of the commandments is "Thou Shalt not Kill." but the Bible is full of killing. In fact if you read just beyond the Ten Commandments you see that the punishment for breaking the other 9 commandments is death. So you are required to kill people for working on the Sabbath, yet killing is prohibited. Not only that but God himself often gets pissed off and slaughters massive quantities of innocent people as in the Noah story. Because Bible based morality is grossly and logically inconsistent, people who follow the Bible can interpret it to mean anything, and they do. When you have a document that can be twisted to say anything, people make it say anything and any kind of behavior can be justified with scripture.
Christians often say that it's not the Bible's fault, it's the sinful nature of man. But that isn't true. It is the Bible because if your axioms don't make any sense, then the results aren't going to make any sense either. If anything, the behavior of Christians is better than what is called for in Scripture because, like everyone else, Christians have to live in the real world and out here in the real world, if you behave like God you go to jail. Thank God for the real world!
The Church of Reality is built on a series of Axioms that are logically consistent. Although the Kernel isn't perfect it is evolving in the direction of perfection. Having a living doctrine is very important because it allows us to fix our mistakes. The Bible can't be edited and for better or worse, Christians are stuck with it as it is. We on the other hand have a doctrine that is growing and evolving and getting better all the time. We have the ability to change and adapt to new challenges and technology.
The Church of Reality has a much richer moral code than the Bible does, or any other holy book. We have a strong set of axioms and our Sacred Principles. They are highly detailed and logically consistent with reality itself. The Church of Reality has a moral code that is based on logic and is a natural extension of the best that human nature aspires to achieve. Our principles take a lot more effort to misinterpret because, when people read them, they are clear and understandable. When you read our sacred principles you don't need the spirit of a deity to help you unlock it's mysteries.
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