Myths & Truths About Atheism

[Atheismo]

[*]Atheism provides no basis for morality: A brief survey of human history and culture demonstrates that morality varies implying it depends on culture, on society, on people. Religionists promoting this idea however tend to refer to scriptures that as often as not enshrine morally repugnant ideas.

I absolutely detest this misconception.

Just the other day, I was in a class in which we were debating court cases, their rulings and how those rulings may affect the public school system.

Long story short though, we talked about religion for quite some time (unfortunately my professor dodged the evolution/creationism debate, citing that it was "too controversial").

But anyway, the professor's personal belief was that religion, namely Christianity, should be taught in the American public school system. Claiming that there was no other way to teach our children basic morals like the ten commandments, and he went on to declare that all atheists are anarchists.

Unfortunately, to keep him from crucifying me, baffled, I kept my mouth shut.

I understand what I could have said to just anybody on the street who may have made such a claim, but what should I have said to the professor? Would it have been right to confront him in front of twenty other students?