This legacy, substantially unchanged, has been the object of continual critical appropriation and reinterpretation. To this day, there is no alternative to it. And in light of the current challenges of a post-national constellation, we continue to draw on the substance of this heritage. Everything else is just idle postmodern talk.”Jürgen Habermas The conclusion of the last chapter is simply this: the invective of the New Atheists against the morality of the Bible is invalid, since their atheism gives them no intellectual base for moral evaluation of any sort. Their criticism is as meaningless as they say the universe is. We could, therefore, reasonably discard all they have to say. Yet this would not be a helpful approach to the matter; for their criticisms appeal to many as having some validity in light of the common morality we all share as created in the image of God, whether or not we believe in him. Thus, it is inadequate simply to dismiss the atheist objections on the grounds that they cannot logically ground their morality.
