Answered Prayers as Proof of God

[Captain Scarlet]

A world full of true atheist would have a huge murder rate along with everything else.

I'm curious as to why you would think that.

I mean that what holds people back from doing horrible things like murder besides the law is fear of being punished in the afterlife. I should have phrased it as if the world had no religion or belief in anything after death rather than true atheist. Though it would be one in the same. If everyone truly believed that once you are dead, you cease to exist in any form forever, they would risk doing alot more in life.

Hi DANSURP. I think this is argument is countered by evidence. If this were true then we would see:

1) More atheists commit crimes than the religious, and we don't infact the opposite is true
2) Societies with higher incidence/inclination of/to atheism having higher crimes rates, and we don't infact the opposite is true

Infact the argument I would propose is opposite to your view. Lack of belief in an afterlife, tends people to focus on maximising their own well-being, tends people to maximise good in their society as that benefits them reciprocally. Beleif in an afterlife means people have a lower regard for their current well-being, tends people to disrupt society as they see little reciprocal benefit.