Comments on: Can You Be Good Without God? By Greg Epstein http://irdialogue.org/articles/can-you-be-good-without-god-by-greg-epstein/ The website of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:48:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sarah jackson http://irdialogue.org/articles/can-you-be-good-without-god-by-greg-epstein/comment-page-1/#comment-22557 sarah jackson Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:30:41 +0000 http://irdialogue.org/?p=2502#comment-22557 this might be useful to people but it is to long to read so maybe you could makeit a bit sorter and the writing is to small so maybe you could make that a bit bigger this might be useful to people but it is to long to read so maybe you could makeit a bit sorter and the writing is to small so maybe you could make that a bit bigger

]]> By: Merl http://irdialogue.org/articles/can-you-be-good-without-god-by-greg-epstein/comment-page-1/#comment-9182 Merl Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:49:54 +0000 http://irdialogue.org/?p=2502#comment-9182 I've come to understand why religious people give some credit to their deities if they thing that deity is responsible for their goodness. I have not come to understand why religious people, humanists, athiests, agnostics, or anybody else feel the need to pick fights with each other about how to be good. They, we, would all be better of if we spent our energies being good toward, and with, each other. That said, I think the questions of whether deities are required, and how goodness originates and is extended are very good academic pursuits. In practical reality however, it just doesn't matter, as long as everybody can find the way of goodness which works for them. As far as I'm concerned, the more variety the better. I'm for more inclusion, and less exclusion, when it comes to promoting compassion, trust, and peace. Thank you :) I’ve come to understand why religious people give some credit to their deities if they thing that deity is responsible for their goodness. I have not come to understand why religious people, humanists, athiests, agnostics, or anybody else feel the need to pick fights with each other about how to be good. They, we, would all be better of if we spent our energies being good toward, and with, each other.

That said, I think the questions of whether deities are required, and how goodness originates and is extended are very good academic pursuits. In practical reality however, it just doesn’t matter, as long as everybody can find the way of goodness which works for them. As far as I’m concerned, the more variety the better.

I’m for more inclusion, and less exclusion, when it comes to promoting compassion, trust, and peace.

Thank you :)

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