Thursday 8 October 2020

Atheists, morality, virtue, vice

Atheists express rage against God although in their view He doesn’t exist. – C. S. Lewis

Retort

 

Atheists express rage at people who say God exists and bemusement at the idea that He does.

 

In Christianity, neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. – Friedrich Nietzsche

 

Corollary 1

 

If they did, it would be a race to the bottom. 

 

Corollary 2

 

That’s because religion and morality are aspiration while reality is perspiration. 

 

Without virtue there can be no liberty. – Benjamin Rush

 

Retort

 

Nor virtue without liberty. In fact, neither virtue nor liberty are possible without vice.

 

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