I imagine that it there is a Christian God, He probably esteems an agnostic or atheist moral person over a Christian one. The Christian is moral because they think they are pleasing to a higher power or are going to be getting rewarded by one. The non-believer is moral in spite of the fact that there is no higher power to care about what they do and do not do. Consider your own analogous experience 'Preacher.' Do we esteem a child more because they clean up there room after being offered a threat, or treat, or are trying to gain favor - or when they do it of their own accord? |