“Religion is the single most potent source of morality, and, since an immoral populace will eventually destroy itself, a civilization without religion cannot survive very long.”“But I don’t think you need God in order to be good. Many atheists and non-religious folk live very decent lives. In fact, I think it’s better to be good simply for the sake of being good, not because you’re scared of some judgmental fairy tale in the hereafter. That’s just fear, not goodness. Besides, are things right because God commands them, or does God command them because they’re right? If they’re right because God commands them, that’s just divine relativism. If He commands them because they’re right, then what do you need God for? All you need is to know what’s right since He’s just the announcer, not the author.”
How would you respond to this most fundamental of arguments?
Bible references: Matt 7:21-23, Luke 13:22-29, John 15:1-5 and
Love commandment and more references by Bible-gateway.com
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