Aren atheists just being selfish?
“Atheists just don’t want to be held accountable for their actions.” This is another common accusation leveled at atheists by believers. But this is just more bigoted nonsense from those who don’t really understand atheists. Failure to believe in your god does not mean that a person is not accountable for their actions. This is no more true for an atheist than it would be for a Hindu, a Buddhist, or Taoist, or any number of other religions that fail to acknowledge the Judeo-Christian god. As described above in the section on morals, we all want to be good to one another because we all want to be treated good. It’s no great mystery. The other “hidden” implication in this accusation is generally this: “Deep in their hearts, atheists really do believe. They are just denying the existence of God for their own selfish reasons.” Most atheists shrug this off when they hear it because it sounds like so much nonsense to them. There are hundreds of reasons that I don’t believe in your god, and n
