[Dimensio]

If there is no God, why would it be wrong for me to exterminate you?

Well, there is no universal standard that defines you killing me as "wrong", however that means that there is also no universal standard that defines me preventing you from doing so as "wrong", nor is there a standard that defines a group of people (aka "society") from preventing it under the argument that if we allow you to do it to one person what's to stop anyone else from doing it to anyone else (aka the "Social Contract").

Are you trying to argue that God exists because the consequences of a God not existing are undesirable (argument from the consequences/argument from wishful thinking), or are you just trying to cloud the issue with a red herring?

[EternalVigilance]

Are you trying to argue that God exists because the consequences of a God not existing are undesirable (argument from the consequences/argument from wishful thinking), or are you just trying to cloud the issue with a red herring?

Far be it from me to desire cloudiness on these most critical of issues...individual salvation and the effects on society and history of abandoning the True God for false gods, either individually or as a nation.

Why is what I said a mystery to you?

If there is no transcendent God, then there is no possible reason for me to care one whit about anybody but myself...I am god. The death of anybody but me is irrelevent. The suffering of anybody but myself is not my affair. In fact, it would probably be good to get a whole bunch of folks out of the way, so there is more treasure for me to enjoy in this brief period before I too die and advance on into....nothing.

But of course that is not what I believe. I believe what Christian Americans have believed all along:

That all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights...and that among these are the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...