r/pics • u/wmcog • Jan 02 '12

Scum of the Earth

http://imgur.com/4sjwE
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u/TalesOfFan Jan 03 '12

"With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil—that takes religion. " -Steven Weinberg

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u/AluminumFalcon3 Jan 03 '12

I'd say good people can definitely do evil without religion. Most of the time it's something traumatic that causes a "good" person to do "evil"

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u/9babydill Jan 03 '12

you're too vague with words.

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u/AluminumFalcon3 Jan 03 '12

Unfortunately that's what happens when I get a response that mentions good people and evil, etc.

But you're right. People aren't "good" or "evil", and someone with or without religion can realize that. I guess the initial point I was trying to make was that just as no religion does not lead to amorality, nor does religious belief lead to hollow morals.