I'm shocked by the dismissive manner of the cultural liberals.

They will wave their hands and say sweeping things like "Oh, people can be good without a deity" as though that is the end of the matter.

I agree that SOME people can maintain high moral standards under any prevailing cultural regime.

Trouble is, these individuals are isolated and scattered.

Everything about the few decades I have spent observing humanity teaches me that the powerful offices in society will be targeted for co-option by the depraved and cruel in order to better satisfy their lusts for endlessly increasing control and revenge against any who dare uphold a standard of decency based upon responsibility to a Creator.

It's frightening that so few even begin to appreciate just how RARE and FRAGILE this space of relative pleasantness and decency is and how utterly DEPENDENT it is upon the people who make some good faith effort to uphold the Protestant conception of Judeo-Christian values.

EVERYTHING has a tipping point. There is ALWAYS a certain point at which 'something' tips over into a state of being 'not that thing'. This is most especially true of constitutional republics having a particular concern for the protection of individual rights.

I don't have the option of being an atheist any more than I am capable of believing that the sun will rise is the West tomorrow. But if I was an atheist, I would grasp onto the slightest doubt of my position to behave as though a Creator with a special care for It's creation is an ABSOLUTE NECESSITY. IT IS!!! Anything else is catastrophic insanity.