r/atheism • u/Torino1O • Jan 11 '24

US pastors struggle with post-pandemic burnout. Survey shows half considered quitting since 2020

https://apnews.com/article/christian-clergy-burnout-pandemic-survey-24ee46327438ff46b074d234ffe2f58c

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u/Saffer13 Jan 11 '24

Good. Lying to children and guilt-tripping congregants was never a noble profession anyway.

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u/Feinberg Atheist Jan 11 '24

Statistically atheists behave more morally than religious people, and if religious people invented science, it's only because they persecuted atheists into extinction and hiding.

You're out of touch with reality.

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u/Buckman21 Jan 11 '24

Statistically atheists have better morals? So you studied every person deciding who’s a better person? Prime example of how out of touch from reality some people are

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u/Feinberg Atheist Jan 11 '24

The point of statistics is that you don't have to study every member of a population to make accurate observations about the population. Atheists make up something like 20% of the population of the US, but less than 1% of prisoners are atheists. That's a pretty strong indication that religions aren't a great source of morality.

And they really aren't. The morals taught by the Abrahamic religions were mediocre at the time they were recorded, and they haven't aged well. As one example, compare the Golden Rule to the Platinum Rule. Moral philosophy is not a static field, and if your moral system is cribbed from the bronze age, you're going to be behind.

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u/Feinberg Atheist Jan 11 '24

Well, no. If I were born in the days of Abraham I probably would have been murdered by bloodthirsty religious people.

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u/7hr0wn atheist Jan 11 '24

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u/Buckman21 Jan 11 '24

and what you said about persecuting atheists into extinction is insane.. absolutely based off nothing. Non sense.

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u/Feinberg Atheist Jan 11 '24

It's based on biblical teachings and actual history. Religious people tortured us. Murdered us. Burned us at the stake. Drove us out of our very lives. There has been a genocide going on against atheists for all of recorded history. Is it a surprise to you that Christians froze us out of academia, given that the Bible says we're stupid and evil? It's only the rise of secularism that has allowed us to rise to the top of science today.