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You can say atheists as a group are in a rudderless boat. But it doesn't make it so.
I didn't say that. I said that I felt that way as an atheist.
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Just like practicing Christainty doesn't make one automatically a more moral person. People vary. You could have a non practicing Christian who is more moral then one who does.
Indeed.
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Or even, shudder, an atheist who is more moral then a practicing Christian (even by the Christian moral code).
No argument here. But I will provide a footnote:
I do press on people I meet. Whether at work or in the club, God will come up. Just last week, I was talking to a Jamaican coworker. He told me :
"I am a believer, but when I wake up in the morning, my **** is like this!" and he flexes his bicep muscle.
"I'm not going to call myself a Christian," he said. "I want to, John, but I just can't. I know what I NEED," he said.
I know, too. I wake up in the morning with the same thing. Because the penis is an organ that needs sustenance and blood, the body fills it a few times while we sleep. It is upkeep. But I just don't consider it to be a good reason to repeatedly cheat on your wife, as he does.
He then preceded to mock me-- teasingly-- for not cheating on my own wife, though I have not seen her for 3 months.
But then, he eventually identifies as a Christian later. Though he cheats on his wife, and proclaims it as a badge of honor among male coworkers.
What is he, then?
I'm not the judge. Maybe he is first in line. But I bet you he checks the "christian" box when filling out an application or survey. And a lot in his boat do. They check the box, but they are not in any way practicing. They aren't even trying. They've given up, and waved the white flag in the face of the flesh.