Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for May 24, 2021
May 23, 2021
May 25, 2021
Transcript:
SMBC Presents: Ethical conundrums! Question: How can atheists be ethical? They don't believe in a higher power. Answer: Yes they do. All Hail Athe! All hail Athe!
Have you seen that god-dude from the bible? I mean, talk about lack of ethics and morality! It’s a good thing people know better than to really follow that guy. Like I always say, “If people believed like they say they do, they’d be in jail.”
One cannot have ethics without following a religion? There are several ways to learn ethics outside of religion, or one can learn ethics and then shed religion. No, religion is more often used to judge the ethics of others.
Belief in a “higher power” has never seemed to me to be that much of an impediment to unethical behavior by theists. Strangely, they usually can come up with quotes from their scriptures that justify doing exactly what they want to do, no matter how horrific the consequences may be to others.
Qiset about 3 years ago
As I suspected all along!
FreyjaRN Premium Member about 3 years ago
Is that a new phenomenon?
No, it’s an Old One.
ArtyD2 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Atheism is not a type of religion, like not having cancer is not a type of cancer.
Ida No about 3 years ago
Athe accepts ritual human sacrifice. Is human sacrifice ethical? Let’s ask.
gammaguy about 3 years ago
And agnostics believe in the great god “Agnos”.
Some even believe that “He” has a goddess wife… “Agnes”.
/S
bxclent Premium Member about 3 years ago
The Universe is my higher power
Mostly Water Premium Member about 3 years ago
Athe walks into a bar and orders a beer…
pumaman about 3 years ago
No we don’t. Nice try though.
Judy Saint Premium Member about 3 years ago
Have you seen that god-dude from the bible? I mean, talk about lack of ethics and morality! It’s a good thing people know better than to really follow that guy. Like I always say, “If people believed like they say they do, they’d be in jail.”
ferddo about 3 years ago
One cannot have ethics without following a religion? There are several ways to learn ethics outside of religion, or one can learn ethics and then shed religion. No, religion is more often used to judge the ethics of others.
wsedrel Premium Member about 3 years ago
I know a lot of atheists who are more moral & trustworthy than theists.
Frederick Squier Premium Member about 3 years ago
Removing you from my daily comics!!!
syzygy47 about 3 years ago
Ethics has less to do with religion and more to do with social adaptation and integration. And a sense of empathy.
tom.amitai about 3 years ago
Belief in a “higher power” has never seemed to me to be that much of an impediment to unethical behavior by theists. Strangely, they usually can come up with quotes from their scriptures that justify doing exactly what they want to do, no matter how horrific the consequences may be to others.