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“But without an objective standard of morality, what’s to stop me from becoming literally Hitler?”

“But without an objective standard of morality, what’s to stop me from becoming literally Hitler?” | If having some made up deity threaten you with eternal damnation is the only way for you to be a good person…; Then you are not a good person. You are a psychopath on a leash. | image tagged in jim halpert explains,christianity,god,religion,atheism,republicans | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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7 ups, 9mo
You mean a natural predator that has LEARNED over the course of thousands of years -- usually via religion -- to be better and more civilized as individuals than nature intended? Religion is generally a civilizing influence for natural born psychopaths . . . otherwise known as human beings . . . the hyper intelligent killers capable of producing a Beethoven as well as a Napoleon.
5 ups, 9mo
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Ah, Praeger
Yawn, naptime.
Why must such memes be so boring?
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3 ups, 9mo,
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2 ups, 9mo
At least I know I’m freer than you.
2 ups, 9mo
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2 ups, 9mo,
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the objective morality we all have comes from the Lord,
a persons refusal to accept that and instead fall down the slope of subjectivity is the corruption via your free will.

And yes, without free will people can literally become hitler and you don't have an objective argument against it.
Aztecs sacrificed their children, Hindus burned widows alive, muslims honor killed their daughters.... and in a subjective setting the only real response is along the lines of
'i dont agree with that in particular so how about you just abort babies and tell your kids they need hormone blockers like we do instead'..

I understand you purposely had to misunderstand the point of the argument to make this meme but just thought id point it out incase anyone was dumb enough to think this is actually a response to something..
1 up, 8mo,
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"the objective morality we all have comes from the Lord"

Those who are naturally beneficent rather than malignant have no need of threats of eternal punishment meted out by a deity in order to be "good" people -which is wholly the point of the meme.

"a persons refusal to accept that and instead fall down the slope of subjectivity is the corruption via your free will. And yes, without free will people can literally become hitler and you don't have an objective argument against it."

Contradictive statements; free will is what allows people to choose between Hitler/non-Hitler paths, benevolence/malevolence, the choice to "become Hitler" is subjective -ergo, those two sentences cancel each other out, equate to a zero sum.

"Aztecs sacrificed their children, Hindus burned widows alive, muslims honor killed their daughters.... and in a subjective setting the only real response is along the lines of
'i dont agree with that in particular so how about you just abort babies and tell your kids they need hormone blockers like we do instead'."

You opened by asserting that "the objective morality we all have comes from the Lord" but now seem to be arguing that morality is subjective, untethered to deific mores. The cited Aztecs, Hindus, Muslims all acted in concordance with the "objective morality" coming from their respective Lords. Moreover, attempting to conflate ritual murder ordered by a deity with elective transitional medical care is disingenuous.

"I understand you purposely had to misunderstand the point of the argument to make this meme but just thought id point it out incase anyone was dumb enough to think this is actually a response to something."

Although a tad dramatic, the meme makes a straight-forward, stand-alone, logical statement regarding the nature of human quality of character, points out that "good" people don't have to be under threat to ensure they continue being "good". Again, self-contradictive statement: you assert the meme is in response to an argument only to turn right around and assert that the meme is not in response to an argument.
0 ups, 8mo,
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i didnt even read 1 sentence of that
people who disable comments should have their right to comment disabled as well....of course subjective morality can surely rationalize why thats unfair
1 up, 8mo,
2 replies
1 up, 8mo
Critique, maybe.

But as for me, I do find myself zoning out oft times when it comes to long-winded, repetitive, standard propaganda spewing spiels that basically serve as excuses to pump in the usual go-to buzzwords and tropes and tepid forced ad hominems that we tend to get served courtesy of Alt Righties. It's kind of like with Charlie Brown, when the adults speak, that muffled mumbling, except it's visual,,,
0 ups, 8mo,
1 reply
Your name
Mr bean template

Thats as far as I got this time too and the following is always going to be my reply to both you and your 17 alt accounts. As I said, people who disable comments should have their commenting ability revoked as well.
Tc and maybe reassess your choices in life because believing in lies you actively know are lies is a bad way to live
1 up, 8mo,
1 reply
...and the memes. 😆
1 up, 8mo
BOOYASHAKA!
0 ups, 8mo
Oh yes you did.
0 ups, 6mo
You don’t understand much about your Creator, nor having a relationship with Him… do ya
0 ups, 8mo,
1 reply
If you don't believe in their deity then thay means we are holding ourselves back with out self control. However that means you are only being back by law enforcement and threat of force.
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0 ups, 8mo,
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Most sane people actually don’t need the arm of the law to be deterred from becoming violent psychopaths.

Stop projecting your own violent tendencies onto the rest of society.
0 ups, 8mo,
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Does this mean you also admit that most sane people don't need the threat of the deity they worship to be deterred from becoming violent psychopaths too and that your ridiculous meme is invalid?
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0 ups, 8mo,
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Nope, because most sane people don’t believe that a book of 2000 year old fairytales should dictate national policy.
0 ups, 8mo
Well, given that almost all human beings who have ever existed believed in some sort of supernatural power, except for the tiny majority of atheists (the majority of whom are white males btw) I'd say you don't think before you speak.😂
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If having some made up deity threaten you with eternal damnation is the only way for you to be a good person…; Then you are not a good person. You are a psychopath on a leash.