what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality?

[Rev. Rye]

Someone on another Atheist chat gave me a 'cheat sheet' which had all the answers to what to say when Christians ask stuff long time ago, but i lost it.

but seems frequently christian people tell me that without god we are all douches and if it wasn't for god there would be no good in mankind - so what do we say again for that?

sometimes i feel like 99% of people are pretty mean and it feels pretty spiritual when someone is nice to me, but i dont agree that without Christianity people are bad cus i know lotta nice people who aren't Christians. and seems to me like people on christian forums are the most mean, they don't use bad words but the things they say are much more mean IMO

It comes from the fact that, like it or not, we live in a society, and we have to govern our actions towards our fellow man accordingly. "The Golden Rule" is a good idea, not because it came out of Jesus' mouth, but because, simply put, if it's put into action, it works.

And, seriously, why do they think a morality solely based around the utterances of a higher power is a good idea? Especially when it can easily shift ideas of what's right and wrong based on its whims; it could easily, for instance, claim it's the right thing to kill your own innocent children. In fact, if the Bible is to be believed, it happened. Twice. And the second time, he didn't chicken out.