Thomas Sowell's brilliant essay on "First Principle (or Premise, I can't remember) proves what is evident in this thread. Such being that once one CHOOSES their First Principle, all perspectives/assessments flow from that subjective basis.

Squirrel denies the existence of God, and therein the/his idea of an objective Morality ceases to exist. The idea of a Nature-based (non-Spiritual/God) then becomes the default and derivative principle, from which all other rationalizations flow. The merciless efficiency of Mother Nature's "survival of the fit(test) cannot be denied, albeit if the Biblical narrative of "sewn in corruption, raised incorruptible" applies...than said Process is merely a seemingly 'Natural' evolutionary 'means to an end', of the which the ultimate end is the realization by self-aware entities that they are (may be) the product of Self Aware Energy. All is Energy, and the FACT that we are self-aware is proof sufficient that Energy (in complex entity manifestations) can be and is Self Aware. "I am, the I Am", is the Biblical definition of God. With "God is Love" and "God is Light" both not far behind.

The existence of God is simply whether or not the total Energy Reservoir of the which ALL potential therein flows...IS SELF AWARE. I.e., that said Energy Reservoir has a form of complex unity that reflect it's 'volume'. We - our 'volume' - are relatively very small ("Children"), albeit as Decarte affirmed, "I know that I am".

Although belief/non-belief in God in regard to the Individual is a subjective choice, from which all rationalizations flow from, there is little doubt of what non-belief will ultimately result in. Such being the default of a spiritually-non-existent Mother Nature as the ultimate authority, and the competition and predicted Biblical narrative of "wailing and gnashing of teeth". The opposite (absolute moral authority based on the idea of Absolute Unity via a Spiritual God/Love), is the only Idea sufficiently powerful enough to unify Humanity in a way that results in a/the state of 'Heaven'. Heaven being the Spiritual Ideal, of total spiritual unity in all of the supposedly disunified and competing 'Parts'.

Squirrel gets my respect for his extraordinary efforts and knowledge of the theological history of Belief in God, but given argument of Energy being essentially Self Aware, then unless and until Squirrel or others can discredit the rationality of said argument, the their points and this 'debate' is simply egotistical folly. And there remains but for each individual to experience the consequences of their Belief/Non-Belief. "By their fruits ye will know them", and I suspect that non-believers may experience and even 'worship' Love as the highest value, but the disunifying power (Evil?) of the which will then be manifest in the simple minds of the human species, will destroy the fertile ground wherein love may grow and bear the fruit of 'Heaven'.

It's either-or. There is no middle ground. Either God (Spiritual Awareness) innately exist in/as Energy, or it doesn't. With Heaven or Hell flowing from that subjective choice.

(Edit for minor bs. I did it again. Thank Jesus for Mercy