Where_r_my_Keys
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Without God from whence sprouts a moral code? In an atheistic world of chaos and happenstance who determines what is right or wrong? In a universe where the "law" is "survival of the fittest" who's to say what is permissible or not when survival is at stake? If you have food and I don't am I not within my atheistic right to simply take what you have -- at any cost? Since there can be no such thing as "sin" in a world without God then nothing can be considered a sin and all becomes fair game.
Both Jeremiah and Paul point out that God's law is written on every human heart. We also have a conscience. Not every atheist chooses lawlessness. Many follow their heart and conscience in this regard. As a student in a Catholic school, we were often told to look deep and find Christ in everyone. My grandfather may have been an atheist, and he himself may not have recognized Christ...but I could recognize Christ within him.
Similar to what someone else just said, being an atheist does not make one loving and intelligent--but it does not preclude it either.
Oh THAT is a wonderful observation. Thank you.
Where I would disagree, is only in the distinction of the heart, wherein lies the separation between the a-theist; which is to say the person who has no concern with or for the existence of the deity... and the dark soul of the ANTI-THEIST.
I agree that Christ in is ALL of us, including lowly anti-theist, but the heart of the anti-theist is cloaked behind the darkest recesses of evil. Such is a REJECTION of God and God's LAW. Because such is the usurpation of God, claiming that holy perch FOR THEMSELVES... and demanding that everyone else recognize them as such, and working non-stop to prevent anyone else from recognizing God beyond THEM!