The atheist is cheating whenever he makes a moral judgment, acting as though it has an objective reference, when his philosophy in fact precludes it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not saying that atheists can't act morally or have moral knowledge. But when I ascribe virtue to an atheist, it's as a theist who sees the atheist as conforming to objective moral values. The atheist, by contrast, has no such basis for morality. And yet all moral judgments require a basis for morality, some standard of right and wrong.
Atheism is a moral position - a rather rigid one, if you've ever read the opinions of its highest-profile espousers, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins.
Atheists have as much conscience, possibly more, than people with deep religious conviction, and they still have the same problem of how they reconcile themselves to a bad deed in the past. It's a little easier if you've got a god to forgive you.
It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.
Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.
Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.
An atheist is a man who believes himself an accident.
He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.
I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.
The atheist, by merely being in touch with reality, appears shamefully out of touch with the fantasy life of his neighbors.