Quote:Because I believe none of those values can be sustained by paradigms that devolve into nihilism, which is where atheism leads. Without some kind of transcendent reference point none of those values can be rationally justified.
Then your belief is wrong .
Quote:On personal level I just feel very very sad for atheists. At the cultural level I believe that atheism is a corrosive and undermines the core values of Western civilization such as human dignity, civil rights, aesthetic hierarchies.
Your sadness is Condescending. Again your belief is false. Western civilization does not rest on your magic . it never has and it never will .
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
Inuit Proverb
Inuit Proverb