Letters to the Editor
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Atheist Morality
"what would stop me from cheating on my fiancé? It wouldn’t hurt him if I was careful and made sure he didn’t find out. What stops me now is the belief that truth is better than lies and that it matters if I tell the truth or not. Not that it matters to any person, but that it matters to god."
Here you get to the heart of the matter. Why should an atheist be moral? Let me say that it does matter whether you tell the truth or not - not to god, which does not exist, but to yourself, your partner and your family. If you love your partner, why would you want to cheat on him? And if you did, how would you feel lying about it for the rest of your life? And lying to your children. Would you feel good? There is you answer. I will not cheat in my marriage not because there is some god in the sky, but because of my committment to and love for her and my family. Simple, really.