Miller wrote:
You can't determine right from wrong if atheist as there is no right from wrong without the religious standpoint.
I'm still amazed every time someone comes out with this (or similar).
- Firstly check any dictionary: right and wrong are not religious definitions.
- Secondly Atheists can take right and wrong from the law or any other social norms (some that may come from religions even)
- Lastly many/most Atheists go by the rule: "judge others as you would be judged yourself" or "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
Basically right and wrong are concepts that are subjective:
Religion puts down its 'rules' that the religious choose to make that judgement by. Other people have other roots for there 'rules'
What worries me most is to me this always sounds like your saying that if you didn't believe in God and thus his rules for right and wrong that you see no reason not to kill, rape, steal, etc....
Its a good job Atheists do judge right from wrong or some parts of the world would be anarchy!