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1 posted on 11/03/2009 9:57:44 AM PST by AreaMan
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To: AreaMan

no


2 posted on 11/03/2009 9:58:59 AM PST by shineon
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To: AreaMan

Nope.


3 posted on 11/03/2009 9:59:55 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: AreaMan
Can people be good without God?

Yes. Being an atheist or agnostic doesn't mean someone is an evildoer out to get everyone.

4 posted on 11/03/2009 10:00:21 AM PST by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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“Where do concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, come from if not from religion?”

They don’t come from religion; they are part of our GOD-GIVEN nature; it is part of his “image”!


5 posted on 11/03/2009 10:01:25 AM PST by ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY ( The Constitution needs No interpreting, only APPLICATION!)
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To: AreaMan

The question cannot be so simply couched. There are plenty of pagan gods out there that were horrific by today’s standards. Then there were and are many people who believed and are believers in the Judeo-Christian-Muslim God, yet whose hideous actions they try to justify using God as an excuse.

In a more subtle light, there is the longstanding argument among more respectable God-believers whether people can be directly inspired by God, or can only do so through a small minority both trained and experienced in knowledge and faith.

There are those who claim that there is complete free will; but others who claim the outcomes are foreordained; and yet others who say all our actions are predestined. Still others say that God could intervene but chooses not to most of the time; that God set the universe into motion, and has let it run on its own since.

Such arguments and debates go far beyond these, and there are no ready answers beyond belief.


12 posted on 11/03/2009 10:11:33 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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If you were young and your parents went out for the evening and left you at home by yourself, did you stay out of trouble or not?

People who stay out of trouble and behave themselves when mom and dad or the babysitter weren’t around are less likely to run amok if they don’t believe in god.


14 posted on 11/03/2009 10:12:25 AM PST by GraceG
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I believe that in the larger picture society is better off with more Christians than not.

And while you can’t force religion on people it should be tolerated far and wide rather than attack daily in every way possible.

15 posted on 11/03/2009 10:14:00 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: AreaMan
Is there good without God?

Without God there is only predilection.
16 posted on 11/03/2009 10:14:12 AM PST by aruanan
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To: AreaMan
"Not being wise you are good, but being good you are wise"

Krishnamurti

22 posted on 11/03/2009 10:19:02 AM PST by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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Without the word of God, or the teachings of those influenced by His word, just how do you define "good"?

If you seriously, rigorously question the meaning of the word, I submit that it has no meaning without God's commandments.

Without a fixed, immovable standard, what is "good" and what is "bad" becomes a subjective thing. In other words, it's entirely dependent on the standards of the individual asking the question, which may be anything at all. Hence, the word "good" wouldn't really mean anything specific.

To a junkie, "good" might mean "gives me a long-lasting high".

To an alcoholic, "good" might mean "goes down smooth with no aftertaste".

To a rapist, "good" might mean "doesn't scream".

24 posted on 11/03/2009 10:22:27 AM PST by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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So what is good and evil without a God? It is anything you think it is at the time, isn’t it? So your answer is no.


29 posted on 11/03/2009 10:29:04 AM PST by charles1252
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Is there good without God?

No, since God Himself defines good for us.

You or I could give the world our definition of good but since we have no more authority in the matter than anyone else, anyone else can just dismiss us.


33 posted on 11/03/2009 10:46:08 AM PST by TalBlack
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To: AreaMan

Can people be good without God?

Yes, because God created them! They just don’t accept
to beleive it.


42 posted on 11/03/2009 11:21:23 AM PST by savage woman
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To: AreaMan

“Doing good” and “being good” from a Christian perspective are distinctive. Anyone can do good. However, being good is dependent on God’s declaration, not ours.


44 posted on 11/03/2009 11:28:01 AM PST by Paraclete
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To: AreaMan

Not in any meaningful way, no.


46 posted on 11/03/2009 12:03:17 PM PST by Little Ray (The beatings will continue until GOP comes to heel.)
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There are two types of people: those who love the world and those who hate it.

I find this world to be a cess pool. There is nothing here that is worth a single minute of effort, humiliation, or pain not even the best of what the world has to offer. The only thing to look forward to is God.


51 posted on 11/03/2009 6:11:37 PM PST by Soothesayer (The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
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G O O D - G O D = O ...


54 posted on 04/02/2010 1:11:36 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (These fragments I have shored against my ruins)
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