"Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men - above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends."
- Albert Einstein
Without thinking about how genes/natural selection explain morality of any being (human or not), I feel this is a nice way to think about it. Pretty easily disables the religious argument of the satan-worshipping (probably dumbest thing I heard here: "So, you don't believe in god... do you believe in satan?" - "No, actually you believe in satan because you believe in god. I do in neither."), evil-doing atheist that does not have any moral guidelines, because he doesn't have god.
It should be more questioned how good moral guidelines are that tell me to keep slaves and that women are inferior beings. Or talking about less extreme examples (which doesn't make them less dumb):
"You pick and choose!"
Can't get it out of my head.
"You pick and choose!"
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