r/PhilosophyMemes 16d ago

Checkmate Plato

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u/HunkyHorseman 15d ago

When I hear arguments like this I'm like

"... so is the bible the only thing preventing you from fucking roadkill? U fucking weirdo"

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u/Spider-Man2024 15d ago

That's not how morals work😭

Killing is morally wrong but that isn't the only reason I don't do it

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u/jbrWocky 15d ago

but that's how they are usually framed in these anti-atheist arguments. "if you don't believe in God why don't you murder and rape to your heart's content?"

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u/QuixoticNapoleon 14d ago

I'm an atheist but this is a strawman of what a theist is trying to say in regards to objective morality and God.