The Importance Of Godless Values In Society

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Title: The Importance of Godless Values in Society
Authors: *Jijo Sunny, *K.Siddharth, **Lini Susan Joseph
Abstract:
A popular claim by religious theists is that atheists have no sense of morality, since their principles are not based on God and religion. It is rather difficult to reason while many people think it’s outrageous, or even blasphemous, to deny that morality is of divine origin. The concept still persists that morality as defined by religion is what society should follow, and not what atheists perceive as the notion of morality. Thus we see a situation wherein the advice of atheists are not given their due regard because of their ‘questionable’ view of morality. However, is religion necessary for morality? Moral values, ethics and …show more content…

This diversity is influenced by geography as well as by the integration of several religions, and also by creating variations in the existing religions. What helped preserve this diversity, was the mostly secular attitude of its citizens, which allowed several new cultures and subcultures to flourish. According to the 2001 census, 80.5% of the population of India practice Hinduism. Islam (13.4%), Christianity (2.3%), Sikhism (1.9%), Buddhism (0.8%) and Jainism (0.4%) are the other major religions followed by the people of India. There are also numerous tribal traditions. Of the total population, according to the 2012 WIN-Gallup Global Index of Religion and Atheism report, 81% of Indians were religious, 13% were not religious, 3% were convinced atheists, and 3% were …show more content…

However, the actions of religious extremists throughout the history has manifested otherwise. Sociologist Phil Zuckerman studied about the citizens of Denmark and Sweden, both considered the most godless people on earth, for his book ‘Society Without God’ and shared a very interesting view about the influence of deity in morality. The Danes and Swedes - they pray little, go to church less often and deny the necessity of hell or heaven. However, they are found to be living more harmoniously, giving tremendous importance of social equality and with strong commitment to one another. They rape and murder less frequently than other religious countries. It is no surprise that their cities repeatedly make into the list of most livable places in the

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