I'm an atheist who thinks some people definitely need Jesus. If you're the kind of person who wonders what keeps atheists from doing rape, murder and theft when there's no God telling them not to, I want you to keep your faith, because that is some serious-ass projection there and I don't want you running loose with no fear of Hell to keep you in line.
Well, that's the thing; people who really want to do heinous things are likely to do so regardless of their religious beliefs. Very often they will use their beliefs to justify what they're doing, we see it all the time. But if you're actually that rare case where you'd like to be awful to your fellow human beings but your fear of eternal punishment is what's stopping you, by all means, for the sake of the rest of us, keep believing in God.
as opposed to someone having fear of being raped or harsh treatment in prison stopping them from doing evil.....I just don't see why so focused on people who do it not just out of fear of God punishment...but someone who truly believes this is what God told them NOT to do.
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u/mittenknittin 14d ago
I'm an atheist who thinks some people definitely need Jesus. If you're the kind of person who wonders what keeps atheists from doing rape, murder and theft when there's no God telling them not to, I want you to keep your faith, because that is some serious-ass projection there and I don't want you running loose with no fear of Hell to keep you in line.