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The success of the “Atheist Bus” Campaign prompted the Bishop of Leicester to ask in his column in the Leicester Mercury “do we really want to live in a world that is Godless?” (presumably his particular C. of E. brand of god) and “leave society at the mercy of human values and decisions”. This provided an opportunity for LSS members and others to suggest that “God's law” isn't quite as beneficent as the Bishop indicated. Harry Perry responded: Bishop Tim Stevens (Mercury, November 1) asks a good question: “Does society truly want to be Godless?” He says society must choose between living under God's law or "at the mercy of human values and decisions". I couldn't have put it better myself. God's law tells the Jews of Israel that they can steal Palestine from the Palestinians, by force. The-Bible-obsessed Christians of America show their agreement by providing the finance and weaponry to carry it out. It is God's law that tells Muslims they must ston