Atheists may not believe in God, but I think they mostly adhere to the 10 commandments.
Nitpick: Only half of the Ten Commandments are nice humanitarian commandments like “don’t murder”. The other half are all about how humans should interact with God, and I don’t think most atheists put much weight behind “you will not make for yourself any statue or any picture of the sky above or the earth below or the water that is beneath the earth”.
At least Christians can say they follow their moral philosophy because God told them so.
They can say that, but unless they already have a moral philosophy that gives God moral authority (or states that Hell is to be avoided, or justifies gratitude for Creation, or...) that’s not actually a reason.
Nitpick: Only half of the Ten Commandments are nice humanitarian commandments like “don’t murder”. The other half are all about how humans should interact with God, and I don’t think most atheists put much weight behind “you will not make for yourself any statue or any picture of the sky above or the earth below or the water that is beneath the earth”.
They can say that, but unless they already have a moral philosophy that gives God moral authority (or states that Hell is to be avoided, or justifies gratitude for Creation, or...) that’s not actually a reason.