Where do atheists get their morality from?

[greneknight]

As slandered as he has been here, I can't disagree with Vinny regarding the atheist moral landscape, when he says:

I'm arguing from a purely philosophical position, one where objective moral values don't exist. This is the default position of atheism from which our moral norms are derived. The problem is, our atheistic position cannot RATIONALLY reject the possibility of genocide, rape, murder and the likes being morally good. There is always the possibility. And more importantly, it's a metaphysical possibility, not just a logical one.

This is worrying for the rational atheists among us, and this is an area I am enormously interested in researching. My problem is, I need a better grasp of the fundamentals of ethics and moral studies.

When I first read what you wrote, I asked myself who the writer might be. Everyone knows Vinny is a Christian who pretends to be an atheist. Vinny has not denied this allegation. Then I realized it was written by a Christian. Hahahaha!!!

What Vinny the Christian who pretends to be an atheist wrote is typical nonsense I've read in fundy websites. There is no objective morality in Christianity. In fact, if you read the Bible too much, you might really end up believing that God supports rape and carnage. A Christian who accuses an atheist of having the potential to commit rape and murder because of his stand that there is no objective morality is like a serial murderer who accuses someone of cheating on the parking meter. You don't know how much I cringe every time I read such self-righteous garbage.