I’m an atheist. But atheism isn’t what’s going on here. It’s liberalism. Being a conservative atheist I recognize the great asset that religion is to a society and would never try to dissuade folks from their God. An atheist society can not, as we have seen, maintain any morality. I say lets have a bunch of national prayer days. They keep us free and allow us to flourish. But, pardon me if I use the time to go fishing.
“An atheist society can not, as we have seen, maintain any morality.”
I agree with the rest of what you said but this, above, is pure bunk. There has never been an atheist society. The Soviets worshipped the state, and the North Koreans worship “Dear Leader”.
To most liberals, government is their god. That sets the stage for a better lawsuit than this toilet paper.
“An atheist society can not, as we have seen, maintain any morality.”
Astute observation. It’s because theres no ‘there there’.Consider following that line of argument to its next step some time. I’d suggest reading C.S. Lewis, who was also an atheist at one time. You may find a kindred spirit in him.
“An atheist society can not, as we have seen, maintain any morality.”
That does not look like something an atheist would write. In any case, I do not think we have seen that an atheist society cannot maintain any morality. Not at all.
History has shown that atheism is not a sufficient ingredient for a healthy society. But we cannot thus conclude that theism is a necessary ingredient for a healthy society. In fact, history has shown that atheists can form morally upright communities.
It is quite possible that the world can have a prosperous, stable, and morally sound society founded on atheistic principles. The failures of some atheistic nations is not disproof of that.
And let’s not confuse the discussion by lumping atheism together with every other belief system. If we are going to make a case against the atheists suing the government here—or if we are going to make an argument against atheism in general—we should be very careful about how we use the term. Atheism has its unique attributes, just like everything else.