ETHICS

ATHEIST ETHICS

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      Similarly to how most religions begin their reasoning with the belief that a god created the universe, so does atheism begin its reasoning with the belief that no god exists. Once a foundation is formed, all further logic is judged by the founding belief, and no new information will be accepted within the mind unless the information agrees with the original belief.

      It would appear that atheism ought to possess an advantage in the topic of ethics since the ideal of atheism is to avoid conclusions based upon religious dogmas. Unfortunately, atheism is composed of human members no differently than any other religion, and so it is not surprising to find atheism walking the same paths of analysis as all the other religions. The failure of any religion to not discover the definition of ethics has never been the cause of the religion itself, but rather the cause has been with man’s manner of thinking. Regardless of what sect a man might claim membership in, membership does not heighten the man’s intelligence, and neither does membership in atheism increase the likelihood of its members discovering the origins of ethics.

      To better illustrate the previous thought; atheism frequently professes full faith in science as being the one and only true source of all knowledge. When the topic of physics is approached, scientific facts are presented, and the discussion then revolves around the scientific facts. Similarly with most all other topics, whether they be of biology, history, psychology, or astronomy, always are scientific facts brought to the table for further discussion. But when the topic of ethics surfaces, scientific facts are tossed out the window, leaving the debate to be fueled by unbridled emotional impulses. Emotional impulses are predominately the product of unconscious reasoning, which clearly describes the quantity of conscious analysis being applied to the discussion. Atheism, as all other religions, is a system of beliefs, and the beliefs are what rule over the emotional impulses. If atheism were truly an intellectually superior religion as many atheists often claim, then why has atheism not produced a superior interpretation of ethics?

      If science has validity, then the scientific recognition of physics ought to be accepted as valid. Physics states that no thing can come into existence without the thing being composed of three or more components. If physics is a valid field of science, then physics is valid for all topics, including biology, astronomy, and philosophy.

      If, as atheism claims, physics is a valid field of science, then an ethic is composed of no fewer than three components. What are the components of an ethic?