Atheists and morals

The one thing that really gets my goat is when I hear a religious person say that without religion, a person would have no morals. We are therefore much better off in this nation having religion.

Give me a f**king break!!!

You know WHY atheists have morals, and know right from wrong? It's from something called common sense!

Common sense would dictate that ones actions should be done to not only please yourself, but to also NOT harm others. An atheist would realize that we all must coexist, and so why do things that might result in hate, or retaliation from others. An atheist also realizes that man has urges that are at times destructive, and therefore can feel good about overcoming them.

Also, to say that being religious provides morals is ridiculous, as one just needs to look at how many priests having committed rape, or religious nuts who have bombed abortion clinics, at times killing innocent people. Yeah boy, those religious imposed morals sure helped there, huh?

As I've said many times before, and will say again... if one wants to have a religion, then more power to you! If believing in what you have faith in brings you peace, happiness, compassion, or whatever else it is that you seek, then great! Have at it. There are many intelligent, compassionate, religious people out there that are good to have within our society. It's the idiots that point the finger at us atheists as if we are evil that really gets me going, and to whom I'm addressing these rants to.