Re: Who would you expect to be more moral - an Atheist or a Theist?
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Agreed - however, I was hoping people would try and vote more objectively while considering what I wrote in the OP.
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If all we were considering was what you wrote in the OP, theists would win in a blowout. You proposed an incentive for atheists not to get caught (or, maybe, for obeying the law) -- not for acting ethically. I think a better argument would be that an atheist is more responsible for his own moral compass, and therefore is more likely to be faithful to it.
Why doesn't the poll have a "neither" option? As it is, I don't think we're going to learn anything here, except that this board is mostly populated by partisan antheists.
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I proposed an incentive for both the Atheist and Theist to act ethically. I simply asked which was the better incentive?
Sorry I did not add a neither option.
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