(September 10, 2011 at 9:01 am)StatCrux Wrote: If I were to meet an atheist who presents as a happy, confident, solvent individual, beautiful family, good friends etc (you get the picture) who went on to tell me the secret of his success in life was to lie, cheat, steal and stab others in the back at every opportunity, take no prisoners and give no quarter, be ruthless with strangers and only protect family and loved ones. How could I tell him that his behavior was "wrong" or "evil" using an atheistic worldview? "The tears of strangers are only water" would be an apt motto for this individual.
I would think that a person(christian or atheiest) who lied, cheated and betrayed everyone he met would have neither a beautful family or good friends, not for long anyway. So I think he would probably find out for himself pretty quick.
If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.