Were You Ever a Fundie?

[InnerBrat]

Born and raised atheist to atheist principles (i.e. actual morals)

Atheism, though compatible with morality, does not necessarily confer it - just ask the nearest Nihilist.

Sorry, let me clarify.

I've been having an argument about religion and morality, because as far as I see it, needing a religious (or secular) law to tell you what is right and wrong is incompatible with morality.

Someone who cannot understand why something is wrong outside of simply being told it is by authority (i.e. law or God) is to my mind, amoral by definition.

Everyone else develops their own morality based on reasoning, emotion and actual experience. These, to my mind, have what I called "actual morals", whether I agree with them or not (immoral is not amoral)

Most people admit that just because something is illegal doens't make it immoral, so really this argument only applies to religion.

I also note that most religious people do have a morality of their own. It's just the fundies I deal with are often incapable of separating morality from religion. These people scare me.

[Comosicus]

There was a time in 6th grade when I considered becoming a priest, this being mostly my granmother's idea. But it ran off pretty quickly. I'm too much toward science to be religious anymore. I do believe in God, but my religiousness is pretty much formal.

[darthdavid]

My parents never forced religion on me and since I was about 3 i've had a penchant for the discovery chanel. What do you think?

[IndustrialNoise]

I was definitely very religous, borderline fundie. Not too long ago, either. Anyone who looks up some of my old posts from KG could see how bad I was.

I was raised Catholic, but I never really was into it. I just went to church every week, prayed when I was supposed to, went through the motions. About...geez, only a little more than a year ago when I joined Kgivler(religious board), I got very into religion. That lasted a couple months, until I started talking to a lot of atheists on AIM an MSN, and it went from there.

[Rogue 9]

I also note that most religious people do have a morality of their own. It's just the fundies I deal with are often incapable of separating morality from religion.

Glad you added that caveat. I was getting ready to argue with you about that.