For the umpteenth time, there is no god you dimwited religious people. He doesnt exist. I have been mocking him for years and he is yet to punish me. Not sure if he is afraid of me. If say, hypothetically he exists, he must be the biggest piece of shit ever.

Anyway, am sad for the people of Nepal. Am too exhausted to debate weak minded religious people. Am proud to be an atheist, my world is very vivid. I get to be an independent thinker who can use reason and logic to navigate through life and so far i have had great success at it so you guys can keep waiting for your favors and blessings while the rest of us atheists use our brains to get ahead. I feel bad for religious folks especially one guy who is supposedly a prayer warrior yet if it were not for my constant assistance, he would have starved to death by now. The guy can't even think, everything according to him is god's will or "leave it in god's hands" and yet you can't afford a square meal on most days. Kwani this god guy cannot see your plight and help you? Or maybe it's time to ditch this imaginary god and start thinking of ways to pursue a better life.

One of my friend is called pasi because he is supposedly really really religious. But just like all the other pasis, he is the biggest scambug i have ever met. At least us atheists have integrity. We do good because it's the right thing to do, not because we want to appease an ill tempered imaginary sadist in the skies in return for a ticket intothis mythical heaven. I wouldn't want to go to this heaven even if it existed. I can't be around somebody who just sat back and saw over 5000 people lose their lives in Nepal and did nothing about it, yet apparently he could have stopped it even beforeit happened with a snap of the fingers. What a crock.

It's strange how you glory in a straw man and claim to be on point. Not even science exists, not even humanity exists in an objective way. So it's easy to see why you may mock God and seem to get away with it.

But what next after this long speech? You'll need to find humanity afresh, and how will you do it?

Simple answer. Good and bad are inherent. Even a two year old kid that has never been exposed to religion knows when he has done good or bad. So, to answer your question, you don't need religion or gods to understand the difference between good and bad, even people without a conscience know when they are doing bad.

Good: To be desired or approved of

Having the qualities required for a particular

role

That which is morally right,righteousness

Simple answer. Good and bad are inherent. Even a two year old kid that has never been exposed to religion knows when he has done good or bad. So, to answer your question, you don't need religion or gods to understand the difference between good and bad, even people without a conscience know when they are doing bad.

It's an uphill task to convince people who have grown with certain beliefs that they are not true, convenient yes but not factual. Here's a test;

1. Try telling people at the coast that there are no majinis - aha they have thousands of stories about what majinis did or were seen.
2. Try telling small kids in the West that there is no Santa Claus - they have proof he exists
3. Try telling people that the reason their person died in an accident was because of poor road planning and not becuase it's the "will of God" - it's true but not comforting
4. Try telling an Arsenal supporter that Arsenal is not the best team in the planet - good luck
5. Try telling people who tell you that - "this is how we've always done things around here" to change to a new way of doing things - you will be accused of disrespecting them and thinking they are fools no matter your intentions.

The psychology of belief is such that people eventually take possession of beliefs. Losing a belief feels like a real loss and they will fight tooth and nail to keep their beliefs.

So alas, the difficulty. This is also compounded if people live in a closed society where new ideas are at first deemed suspect and there is massive resistance to new things e.g. in certain religious orders even birth control is still viewed unfavorably

Finally, the mind hates a vacuum. Knowing that there is no Santa and that its your parents that put the gifts at the christmas tree is a little deflating.