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Letter: God and Obamacare

Published 16 October 2013

From Quentin de la B

Bond’s review has it that “true believers think atheists cannot be expected to behave morally”. This is wrong. Orthodox Christianity teaches explicitly that every rational person can recognise moral obligation. The mystery lies in how an atheist squares this obligation with a wholly materialistic universe.
London, UK

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Issue no. 2939 published 19 October 2013

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