text: atheists would you rather live in a world of anarchy? ok you don't believe in god. but the majority human sense of morality comes from religion even if it was human fabrication. yes, there are religious wars but in times of peace would not the absence of religious morals cause anarchy. there is crime but there is also majority of good people who donot commit crime because of their own sense of religious morality which stops them first not because of law. law enforcement reaches after the crime is commited. our laws of not to kill, steal etc have some religious background. how can human society exist in the complete absence of religion? a lot of laws would have to be struck out for nonbelievers! there are some sick ppl out there.. would you be willing to tolerate cannibalism reverting to nature survival of the fittest? even if god is an illusion why remove the placebo effect. it won't work with all knowing the absence of god! i am an atheist.   first, fear of punishment keeps people from breaking the law, whether secular or temporal. i don't rob a bank because i don't want to go to jail. i have actually heard that religion came about because of evolution as a way to keep people from killing each other. laws can have their source from religion, but they should be secular in nature(like letting gays marry). i personally have found that atheist are more likely to be christian in their actions with others and christians. i think it is because atheist have taken more possession of their lives, and therefore the responsibility.