Sunday, 8 January 2017

Online Discussion - Atheism and Morality



#  Instructions by Teacher


Semester 2 and 4 students,

     This is first online discussion of this semester (OD1).
Read attached write-up on "Atheist also have a definite Moral Code". This write up is taken from 'Speaking Tree' column of The Times of India, pg 12, 19 Dec 2016.

Express your views in reply to this email.




# My answer of the given task:

       My views on an article "Atheist also has a definite Moral Code"
     
     Morality should not be based on religion, but the truth is presented in the first line of this article. When any person accepts that s/he is non believer of God, people doubt his/her honesty and goodness. On the other hand, all believers of religion can’t be considered as morally good. All are humans and all cannot be perfect. Everyone has their nature and free will to accept the things. If a person does not accept the rules and functions of society, it doesn’t mean that the person is bad. We can also observe that religion has developed the sense of immorality in followers by its business qualities.
     
      In this article there are some examples of atheists like Buddha, Vardhman and Charvaka, today people worship all these as Gods. It is all about misinterpretations of religion, society and so called “followers”, which not allow a person to live with freedom. Atheist can be more perfect and morally good than any other religious person because an atheist does not have any kind of fear of God. Atheist is Nietzsche’s “Ubermensch” and a person who takes the responsibility of his/her own actions. All have their own level of morality. Religion cannot design and define a personality of any human being. Religion is constructed and morality is within all human beings.




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