to determine which principles are correct, you only have to visualise the results if everyone did the opposite.
This is the argument that the Watchtower uses on their view of military involvement. They reason that if everyone were like them and refused to join the military, there would be no wars. It is easy to imagine, right? And, if you imagine the opposite, where nations have a military... this is why we have wars. I mean surely all you have to do is disband all of earth's military to avoid war, right? This of course is pure wishful thinking nonsense.
The atheist system says I'm the product of unguided random chance. And, now that I got here I can make the rules for everyone else. I get to decide what is best for everyone even though unguided random chance decided what was best for me.
I'm not fooled by this reasoning. If atheists really believed this, they would throw all the ideas regarding a particular subject into a bag, shake it up and pick one.
Atheists don't really believe that random unguided chance is a good thing. It is a prop.
Christians believe we are made in God's image. The human being has intrinsic value separate from utility. Christian ethics are rooted in Jesus Christ who claimed to actually be God, and claimed to have come to earth not to judge it, but to save it. Christian ethics include:
1. Help the poor and needy like widows and orphans
2. Those that don't want to work probably shouldn't worry about eating either
3. Life is sacred because we are made in the image of God. He is the owner of life, not the State or other humans, not even yourself. You are free to use it any way you want, but He is free to judge you after you die to see how well you did. True justice requires that we personally receive what we have meted out, or wished upon others.
4. Free will is the foundation of God's dealings with man. Tell people about a judgement after they die, but love your enemies because the real enemy is the "virus" of sin nature that we all have, not people.
5. Try to live in peace with all people, even if they disagree with you.
6. It's ok to see good for your hard work. It is a gift from God since he is a master worker.
7. Love others as you love yourself. (Make sure you love yourself as much as God loves you first)
8. We were created for a specific purpose: God's good pleasure and no other reason.
9. God is pleased when we try to live by the 10 commandments, it brings him pleasure and we benefit ourselves, our families, our neighbors and our cultures.
10. Extend grace whenever prudently possible. Take a stand against things that are clearly evil. Be reluctant otherwise.
Having said all that, I would still rather live next door to a conservative atheist than a misguided liberal Christian.
