When I was very young I, didn’t know what “good” was, so I didn’t have to be good at all.
When I was a bit older, I had to be good so that Santa would bring me lots of presents.
Once I was older still, I had to be good so that God’s giant foot would not come down from the sky and squash me.
Christians are unique since, no longer having any need to wheedle their way into God’s favour, they are good simply because they love him.
Now atheists are expecting us to be “good for goodness’ sake”, a tautological statement which is no further along than the first sentence above.
From Fox News
Ads proclaiming, “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake,” will appear on Washington, D.C., buses starting next week and running through December. The American Humanist Association unveiled the provocative $40,000 holiday ad campaign Tuesday.
Edwords said the purpose isn’t to argue that God doesn’t exist or change minds about a deity, although “we are trying to plant a seed of rational thought and critical thinking and questioning in people’s minds.”
Next time you want to stimulate rational thought, Freddy baby, you should try employing some before coming up with a slogan.
Dostoyevsky had it right: “If there is no God, then everything is permitted”.
And of course, the question to which they have no answer is, “Define good.”