How can this board be so obsessed with Nietzsche yet he has no presence in this thread, the thread he's tailor-made for? Nietzsche loves to remind us that no, actually, if you don't believe in Christianity you CAN'T hold to "Christian values," because you will be a charlatan and over time your actual behavior will come to reflect this. Nietzsche correctly notes that for the unbeliever the only paths are the way of the Overman or the way of the Last Man.

Look at the entire debate on assisted suicide. It's the perfect example of "Christian values" in the absence of faith. All the arguments in favor of euthanasia are like a parody of Christian thought. Reducing suffering, avoiding harm, being compassionate, it all sounds vaguely Christian, but it's missing "thou shalt not kill," and "the measure by which you measure shall be measured out to you." If you try to maintain "Christian values" without actual faith in Christ you are doomed.