A reason that people often give when asked why they don’t trust atheists is that we don’t believe in the threat of Divine Punishment. The argument goes: “If atheists don’t believe that there is an invisible but all-seeing, all-powerful entity who knows our every thought, word and deed and holds every human being accountable for their actions, what’s to stop them from doing all manner of terrible things? You can’t trust them because they don’t believe that God will judge them for their actions after they die.”

Please give me a moment to explain, as best as I can, why this is nonsense.

This weekend, in Stone Mountain, Georgia, the graduation ceremony for TNT Academy was ruined when the Principal and Founder of the school, Nancy Gordeuk, mistakenly dismissed the event – which took place in a church – before the final speech. By the time she began calling people to return to their seats, many of those in attendance were already in the parking lot and walking to their cars. She began scolding everyone in attendance for not remaining seated and quiet for the final speech, saying, “I think y’all owe this young man an apology … y’all are the rudest people I’ve ever seen in my entire life.” She then demanded that the exit doors be closed and locked.

Then it starts.

“You people are being so rude to not listen to this speech! It was my fault that we missed it in the program.”

Then she drops the bomb.

“Look who’s leaving, all the black people!”

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