That is correct. It's more an argument against naturalism, which pretty much requires atheism, and not against atheism which doesn't require naturalism.ArmouredAbolitionist wrote:If I understand this correctly, isn't Jainism an atheistic religion, advocating that the universe is eternal and therefore has no need for a creator? If so, then isn't this a moral argument against a lack of religion, rather than a lack of theism?
You would have to contrive something like a theistic form of Jainism (which isn't inconceivable), and demonstrate that the theistic component is useful to enforcement.
The notion of a judge casting people into hell seems to be a motivator for some.
It's hard to find real world examples of theistic religions that are not profoundly evil. Is this inherent to theism, where non-theistic religions are inherently more inclined to be good? That's not so clear.
Vedic religion advocates vegetarianism, although not very strongly. The Seventh Day Adventists have a large (but not close to exclusively) vegetarian population as advocated by the founder.
