Your stance on Hard Atheism

[Anomalocaris]

So, you are not claiming they were motivated by atheism, but you are claiming that because they were atheists they could not feel remorse?

They probably couldn't feel remorse because they were sociopaths. I myself am a sociopath, so remorse does nothing to keep me from killing people. Religion does that.

Actually, the fear of retribution does that. We can supply real tangible retribution, and that should keep any higher IQ sociopath in line more effectively than a infantile fantasy coupled with transparent sophistry. But for a low IQ sociopath like you religion is likely just as effective.

The problem is hitler, Stalin, and pol pot were all highly likely to have been sociopaths of exceptionally high IQ, unlike you. Thus if real tangible retribution couldn't stay their hand, it would be idiotic to assume a fairy tale would have.