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Originally posted by Lady of Pearl
... and more importantly what moral compass does she follow internally? As an organization founded on Moral principles- I believe that a belief in God would include that also.
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I don't know anything about AKA and what beliefs its members have to have. But I don't think that, in general, the fact that a person does not believe in God means that they don't have morals. I believe that morals are something that is built into humans (other than, for instance, sociopaths, of course), and no one needs to believe in God in order to know the difference between right and wrong. I do believe that God gave us the knowledge of right and wrong, but that is a different question - you don't have to believe in God to have what he gave you. In fact, I think that it is probably more impressive for an atheist to still be moral, because they really are doing what is right for right's sake, instead of out of fear of post-death retribution.
I know this was beside the point (sorry, y'all), but I thought I'd throw that in.