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FWIW I know atheists who have seriously dealt with the question of where standards for morality come from if there is no God and come up with some really compelling arguments. I was expecting one of those, not the tautology "My way is more moral because I say it is more moral."[/quote]

Then you are not paying attention.  Even AI has a simple explanation:

[i]According to most atheists, morality stems from a combination of human empathy, reason, social cooperation, and evolutionary pressures, meaning it arises naturally within human society without the need for a deity to define it; essentially, morality is based on what promotes the well-being and survival of the community, not divine commands[/i]

Seems right to me.[/quote]

That is certainly one opinion.

I find it hard to believe that anyone with a single cell of critical thinking can accept that morality comes from what promotes the survival of a community, but apparently these people exist. [/quote]

It's harder to believe that you didn't use a single cell of your own brain to do critical thinking about what was posted.[/quote]

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