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Quote by: puellamore  I think that you've hit it pretty accurately, PF.
Atheists (or agnostics or non-theists) for the most part have had to make a conscious decision to become so, and have therefore been forced to also give conscious thought to ethics and values. As such, their acceptance of and adherence to such standards is a bit stronger than, say, someone who is Christian because his parents are, and who blindly parrots the dogma about morality being promoted by his particular church without any deeper thought. |
I also think you might be on to something here Phoenix Fire.
As for myself, currenty agnostic, or atheist, and one of the most ethical people I know IRL.
I consider myself a man of priciple, and not many things can make me compromise my principles, or go back on my word.
(...of course, I'm also one of those strange beings that keeps his own coucil, or does not
seek external validation.)
I'm just deep I guess.