Hitchens asked this one. [Spirituality & Religion]

Can you name any moral deed or act that a Christian can do that an Atheist can’t ?
(Prayers don’t count.)

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There is none. The difference is, the atheist doesn’t do it with the hope of a reward or fear of punishment from a deity.

FCNantes · 22-25, M

@bijouxbroussard That's slightly misleading, given that the atheist'll almost certainly do it at least partly due to his/her emotional state, rather than as a result of purely logical reasoning (cognitive biases allowing).

In which case, both actions are done as a consequence of emotions & logic.

Not so fundamentally different, after all.

bijouxbroussard · F

@FCNantes No, because the theist believes they’re acting at the behest of a deity or spiritual being.

FCNantes · 22-25, M

@bijouxbroussard That's a different issue. You were adressing the emotional difference in the OC (or maybe you weren't?) & know you're adressing the difference in logic.

bijouxbroussard · F

@FCNantes This is what I said, and I stand by it.

There is none. The difference is, the atheist doesn’t do it with the hope of a reward or fear of punishment from a deity.