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Originally Posted by jammies
If there really was an atheist religion, we could have temple orgies, free checking accounts, gladiatorial games and other goodies that would bring in the converts. Get 'em while they're young - "Ma, you go on to your church, I'm heading over to the atheist temple for hookers and blow. Don't stay up, I might be late."
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Absolutely untrue. That there is LeVeyan Satanism. Which I don't think would be adopted by most atheists.
As an atheist I don't have my morals dictated by any book, but rather by a believe in utilitarianism with a dash of the belief in the right to life (the latter is thrown in because I don't believe that a perfectly healthy newborn baby should be hacked up and the organs used to save 6 other babies with faulty organs). I'm also SxE, in that I have logically and reasonably come to the conclusion that people should not be polluting their bodies with drugs. When freed from being told what is right and wrong by some book, you then have to start deciding right and wrong for yourself. Perhaps Levayan Satanism is where you have ended up. For myself, my beliefs go all over the map. I believe it is wrong to smoke marijuana, but I think that it should be legalized even if it means more people start using it. I am pro-choice, but oppose late-term abortions because the fetus then has a developed nervous system. I can have weird and wacky and unusual stances on ethical issues because I'm not tied to any doctrine given to me by a church.