Without God, anything goes because there are no absolute moral rules. How do you respond to the charge that atheism is the cause of the current moral decay?
A. I don’t know of any studies that show that atheists commit more murders, rapes, robberies, or molest more children than theists. All the evidence supports the fact that non-religious people are at least as moral as religious folks. Theists are often child abusers, rapists, and murderers. Some theists might find it hard to understand why an atheist would be moral if the only reason the theist is moral is out of fear of punishment for violating a divine command. Since atheists do not base their morals on fear of punishment in this life or an afterlife, we are not likely to run amok just because we don’t fear divine retribution. Truth be told: if God exists, anything goes. If you study history, you are likely to find that theists can rationalize just about any behavior, no matter how immoral. God is always on their side, no matter how evil their behavior. There is also the problem of sexual repression, a common perversion of religion, and all the problems it causes, but I won’t go into
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