Re: Who would you expect to be more moral - an Atheist or a Theist?
You are off by a mile here.
The bottom line is that not every professing Christian in the world believes the "once saved always saved" theology you describe.
In reality, very few professing Christians buy that. It is a popular notion among certain Southern denominations, leading me to belive you are likely from that region.
As for atheists-- certainly a pure atheist has more courage in his little finger than most people have in their whole body.
The reality is there are few actual pure atheists for precisely this reason. Ditto for pure Christians. Philosophical purists (both extremes) tend to be very moral and courageous precisely BECAUSE they have thought it through completely for themselves, and they have the guts to live it out.
Both are rare and 99% of the people are philosophically "mixed breed" mongrels. The missing element is courage.
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