Quote:This says more about you than it does about atheists. I don't think it's actually true, I think you're just bullshitting to try and puff up your own position, but since it's demonstrably true that atheists are moral, often to greater degrees than the religious, and you're sitting there admitting that the only thing keeping you moral is god, well... I think it's pretty clear where morality really comes from, in that hypothetical.I think some atheists are moral, but you can't say that all or even most atheists are moral and the same applies to christians. That's why we need a savior. Atheist regimes have a terrible human rights record, i.e. the Soviet Union, People's Rep of China, North Korea and[/quote] Cambodia to name some.
Quote:Yep, that's the problem: don't bother repaying debts or making amends, just think you're forgiven in your head, and you are! The christian way!
Jesus preached the need to repay debts and make amends. That goes along with repentence. If you're not willing to do that, then you're not truly sorry. Living the life that Christ taught and demonstrated is a necessary element of faith in him.
