Nilai Kemanusiaan Para Atheist.

Molly is a stay at home mother

My morality comes from a contemplation of consequences: in any situation, I will strive to do the most good and least harm that I can.

Hi, I'm Molly!  I'm a stay at home mother with two beautiful daughters, and I'm an atheist.  Although I do not believe in God or a Deity, I am still a spiritual person and enjoy spending time meditating and contemplating the natural world.  My morality comes from a contemplation of consequences: in any situation, I will strive to do the most good and least harm that I can.

JD -- believes in the golden rule

I'm a big believer of the golden rule, to me that's pretty much all you need in order to live a good life. 

I like nature, animals, reading, goofing around and hanging out with a small group of close friends. My morality comes from within me. I'm a big believer of the golden rule, to me that's pretty much all you need in order to live a good life.

Karen is a ceramic artist living in Seattle

I get my morality from understanding that everyone I meet has as much a right to dignity and kindness as myself.

I am a ceramic artist living in Seattle. I make small shiny things that make people smile and that reflect my love of nature, science and folklore.

I was born in a family filled with abuse. Though I did not have good parental examples of morality, I have rarely struggled with being good for goodness' sake because of my teachers and those I met on my way. I get my morality from understanding that everyone I meet has as much a right to dignity and kindness as myself.

 

Ben and Karin

We think that it is important to accept everyone for who they are and to try to understand people who are different from us.

My name is Karin, and my boyfriend is Ben. I'm a physics major and he is a computer engineering major. We love going for hikes and playing chess. I like to sing and do art. Ben plays the violin. We think that it is important to accept everyone for who they are and to try to understand people who are different from us. We both grew up without religion. We were just told to be nice and responsible all the time by our parents.

Gergana: being nice to them is a reward in itself

Being nice to them is a reward in itself.

I am a legal translator from English and French. I enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy books, playing computer games, dancing and making sushi. I have always tried to do my best to tolerate others and help them in any way I can. I have been taught since I was a little girl that other people are just like us, and that being nice to them is a reward in itself.

NOTA: Manusia tidak memerlukan agama untuk menjadi seorang yang bermoral dan berpegang kepada nilai-nilai murni. Golongan agama sering mengambarkan bahawa nilai moral itu datangnya dari ajaran agama dan bagi mereka siapa yang tidak ikut agama, adalah orang yang tidak bermoral.

Golongan agama tidak sedar yang nilai-nilai kemanusiaan dimiliki oleh semua insan di dunia tanpa mengira kepercayaan. Malah ramai manusia hilang nilai kemanusiaan apabila berpegang teguh dengan agama. Lantaran itu mereka tidak teragak-agak menumpahkan darah insan lain hanya kerana mengikut perintah agama mereka.

Ada kes dimana mangsa rogol direjam dengan batu sehingga mati atas alasan berzina lantaran tiada istilah rogol dalam kitab suci (rogol dan zina diletakkan dalam satu kategori), ada wanita mangsa rogol dipaksa berkahwin dengan perogolnya, ada wartawan barat disembelih atas nama agama, ada anak-anak bawah umur dipaksa berkahwin di usia mentah (atas alasan mengelak dari zina), para wanita diberi layanan buruk dalam komuniti mereka, dan pelbagai lagi pelanggaran nilai kemanusian atas nama agama.

Ya, mungkin bukan semua Muslim sebegitu. Namun fakta tetap fakta. Manusia sememangnya mampu hilang nilai kemanusian lantaran agama. Seperti mana kata-kata Steven Weinberg:

"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."

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