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I do not believe that the bible is the inerrant word of God, and I certainly do not know what is in the hearts of atheists, or anyone other than myself for that matter. Because Augustine talks of just wars, doesn't make it so. Of course those wars were just, but there have been just as many, if not more, wars that were a result of less than honorable reasons...it's obviously relative.

The fact that you are assuming in your arguments a just and unjust position, you are acknowledging the existence of moral standards. If you say those wars were just, then you believe in just wars. What's your beef? Yes, there have been unjust wars - Hitler waged some of them, Saddam waged some of them, and so on. Man is a free moral agent - he can decide to be immoral or moral. That does not mean that morality is relative. Again, you are confusing moral behavior with moral principles. Just because there is both good and bad in the world does not mean that there is no standard for good. If there is no standard for good, then the world would make no sense whatsoever and cruelty and non-cruelty become equal, in which case, there is no just and unjust. Make up your mind.