Christians have and hold onto morals far more than an atheist has or does.

Yay! Finally have time for this (1:50 in the morning >.>). I would like to thank my opponent for extending this challenge to me, I'm always happy to debate a conservative who actually seems to enjoy debating me as opposed to loathing my guts throughout the entire debate. Onto my arguments! I will debating this on two levels for fun. Not only will I debate that an atheist holds onto his/her morals better but also that an atheist will generally have better morals. 1. An atheist at the very least holds onto his/her morals no less than that of a religious person. This is rather simple. Christianity, specifically the bible, is very open to interpretation. For example: http://www.religioustolerance.org... here is a source that show about 30% of Christians believe in a literal Satan being while 62% believe in Satan simply being a symbolic evil. Another example is the fact that a fair number liberal christians believe homosexuality is okay. This of course has no application to our current debate, it simply shows that the bible is very much open to interpretation. This allows christians to interpret it how they desire. Furthermore there are many branches of christianity, these only further the power of the christrian to pick a branch thereby possibly changing some part of their moral code. For instance a christian might have the moral that "the death penalty is ok" until the point where they see a person unjustly put to death. At which point they may adopt a more literal representation of the bible and say that killing is flat wrong. This of course is the same freedom an atheist has in the sense that an atheist can change their morals if they feel one has become outdated or is simply wrong. 2. Christians actually hold onto morals less. This point stems from children becoming atheistic. Many children who start out christian do so simply because their parents tell them that is what is right. The children themselves may not actually believe in the christian doctrines or even god him/herself. This at some point occasionally lead to them abandoning their faith, and moral code, to find a moral code that better suits them. This is an example of christians not holding onto their morals. 3. Christians actually hold onto morals less (2). Christianity makes it more difficult for an individual to choose a moral code that they feel is right. While Christianity does offer the opening for interpretation it only offers it to some limits. For instance the belief in homosexuality being fine is blatantly discouraged by the bible where as an atheist, if they feel homosexuality is fine, has nothing discouraging himself/herself from that idea. This of course at times forces christians to follow morals that they don't necessarily feel are right. Which in turn leads to them at some point or another either abandoning their faith or simply changing that moral. 4. Atheists on the other hand are more likely to hold onto theirs. Why? Because the atheist actually developed his/her own morals. Going against christian morals is to go against something that someone does not believe in, while going against atheistic morals is to against oneself. The idea of giving up atheistic morals is completely and utterly self defeating. Its like building your own bridge and then knocking that bridge over. Meanwhile going against christian morals is like looking at a bridge that you don't think will hold up then knocking it over and creating your own bridge. 5. Atheistic morals are actually better than that of christians on two levels. a. Many christians simply feel that they should follow the christian morals because this is what god teaches. This means that the christians often times don't follow their morals for any other reason than a blind faith. Which means the morals don't actually belong to these people but rather their god. (DISCLAIMER!: This is not a rule, I have met many christians who knew exactly why they followed the morals they did and had a very sound moral code. I however have also met the other kind.) b. The christian morals offer less wiggle room for a moral code than that of an atheist. Christian morals, as shown by my opponents debate topic, are actually encouraged to remain the same all throughout a christians life. This does not allow for much growth as a person. An atheist on the other hand examines situations and critically examines his/her morals to decide if they are correct. This process of critical examination leads to well thought out and meaningful morals. (DISCLAIMER: This is obviously not only true, some atheists are idiots. However in general I feel an atheist, having a greater ability to do so, does this critical examination more often. ) Well thats about all I have for now JL. Though I have a question for you: What do you believe Satan is?