@Watson
"And I ask you where we get that common ethical standard. "
We can make it ourselves. Murder is pretty much condemned universally in all cultures in the history of mankind, that shows humans can come up with their own functional moral standards no matter what situation they are in. Or if you take Japan or Sweden, they have a majority of non-believers, yet crime is relatively low over there, showing the threat of a God is not necessary for a society to function correctly.
The fact that accross and board non-believers don't have a higher crime rate than believers also goes to show that fact.
"And I ask you where we get that common ethical standard. "
We can make it ourselves. Murder is pretty much condemned universally in all cultures in the history of mankind, that shows humans can come up with their own functional moral standards no matter what situation they are in. Or if you take Japan or Sweden, they have a majority of non-believers, yet crime is relatively low over there, showing the threat of a God is not necessary for a society to function correctly.
The fact that accross and board non-believers don't have a higher crime rate than believers also goes to show that fact.
