The old "religion is the source of morality" chestnut is one that's been polished so often by religious and non-religious commentators alike that it's difficult to find, or to say, anything by either side that hasn't been said. Nonetheless I shall summarise, in general, the popular arguments as I understand them, and elaborate on the one that appears the most plausible.



Religionists, usually theistic, proclaim that their god/s handed codes of decent behaviour to humanity; they…

... and why I am.

I am not an atheist because:

• I hate God
• I prayed to God and my prayers weren't answered
• Militant/fundamentalist atheists converted me away from God
• I worship science and the works of man instead of God
• I'm rebelling against God like I rebelled against my parents & teachers in high school
• I think I'm better than God
• I had a bad experience with a priest or church or…