to answer GUEST's question...

Human beings all have free will, and that means free will to start an inquisition or a war or a witch-burning or whatever. A lot of us do things with or without the skyfather's blessing or guidance.

Now here's my question, and I don't mean it to be sassy. If someone who is an atheist commits perjury under oath, can they escape the charge by saying, well, I swore to a God I don't believe in, so the oath wasn't valid in the first place?