1. An Atheist Responds

Comment #56228 by AcadianaAtheist on July 14, 2007 at 2:45 pm

serrano, I am making an assumption (without you having provided any evidence) that you are an adult and are familiar with english. If neither of these are true, please except my apology. I don't mean to pick on a child.
Hitchens says,"name one ethical statement..." You have provided the following example:
"I believe in God and I think murder is wrong." You are correct in that a non-believer would not utter such a statement. You are incorrect, however, when you posit that it is an ethical statement.
One who makes such a statement is saying that he believes murder is wrong only because he fears retribution from a God if he murders. That is hardly ethical.
If that is not what is meant by the statement, then the "I believe in God" portion is superfluous and the ethical statement "I think murder is wrong" is something that could certainly be said by a non-believer.
While you may be smarter than Hitchens, the evidence you give in this instance is fundamentally flawed.