Reply #221: No, this thread is about why atheists' respect for theism goes only so far [View All]

[BurtWorm]

Here's a very good example of where the difficulties between the two sides arise.


My point of view (I won't say all atheists think this way, though many probably do), that morality is possible without God, doesn't leave theists out in the cold. I presume you're all human and capable of constructing or abiding by an ethical system referent to life on this planet only, no matter where you believe it comes from ultimately. Ethics and morals are social, I think. Association is built into our genes. If we aren't moral--you're quite right about this, anyway--we cease to function as a species.

It seems to me that your point of view, that morality is *impossible* without God, essentially leaves atheists out in the cold. There's no chance of meeting on common ground there, for obvious reasons, is there? (I'm really curious about your answer to this.)