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I've been in some debates recently (on FR of course!) about whether an atheist can be an ethical good moral person. This situation with Terri is an example of why that is not possible. Of course you and I, and anyone else who bases their standard of morality on God and His moral absolutes, understands that. But there are many atheists or agnostics in the world, and probably even more people who imagine they believe in God, but the "god" they believe in is more or less an idol of their own mental creation.

It is amazing to me that Singer can be hired as a professor of ETHICS. The man is a fiend, and I say that in all seriousness. He may look human, but inside he is an enemy of God. An atheist's center of judgement - their judgement seat, so to speak - is their own mind. (Which is, of course, subject to change according to what books they read, what sins they are attracted to, and their digestion that day.) So there's many atheists, each with a different center, sooner or later there is conflict. Because each person's point of reference is his/her own comfort, security, enjoyment, desires,, and excuses, justifications, etc. Which may very well conflict with someone else's, and inevitably does.

The only way to to have a just, fair and merciful society is one which is based on the eternal and absolute laws of God. And this can be done using all the world's major religions as a guide, because they all have more or less the same prohibitions and responsibilites (dos and don'ts).

I am a follower of the Vedic religion, usually called Hinduism, although this isn't really even a Sanskrit word, and was invented by the Moslems when they invaded and raped, looted and murdered in India. The same absolute respect for all life is there in the Vedas. This respect is based on (as in Christianity) the fact that beings are children of God, regardless of human relative values, and therefore everyone is dear to Him, and should therefore be dear to us.