Why do you not pray?

[psyah]

Re: Why do you not pray?

@bella88

majority of atheists/nonbelievers donot go around killing and stealing either despite of not believing in God. many people have basic compassion and humanity without the fear of hell. I donot believe that one must have fear of God as the only reason to be good or kind to others. whether someone believes in religion or not, good and bad qualities exists in both types of people. atheism or lack of religion does not cause lack of peace.

Peace bella88

Again … my post that you quoted already accounts for this … as I said … “then what we have are only laws to prevent these things” …

When a person chooses to do a crime they do so on the premise that nothing governs them - no law no religious ideal.

If atheists choose to follow the law - they do so out of the consequence of being caught or because they have no urge to do the deed. They don’t have the extra safety net that stops them from doing a crime out of a sense of duty to their faith, despite wanting to benefit from that crime.

Religion cannot be blamed like no religion can … Because the major religions positively enforce not killing and not thieving. Having no religion cannot positively enforce anything.

Peace if meant external silence then I agree with your last statement … but if peace is meant in the sense of inner peace and tranquility then I am sure that this is wrong … Even those man-made religions developed because they needed to create a mechanism for instilling peace within people.