Razing Hell!

Atheist, Christopher Hitchens, asks what moral act is a Christian capable of that an atheist cannot do, and what evil act is an atheist capable of that a Christian cannot commit? None on both counts. Both groups are capable of the same things, because both are in the image of God and both are fallen. The question is what moral act can an atheist make obligatory, and what evil act can he condemn? 

A Christian can point to the excesses of the Crusades, the Inquisition, and televangelists and say that these are inconsistent with Christ. But what atheist can point to Hitler and Stalin and say that they were acting inconsistently with atheism? As Dostoevsky said: "If God is not, all things are permissible." If Christ be not raised, why not raise hell? If Christ be raised, don't we have to raze hell?