Nope, why would I conclude all is permissible? Since when does a god have to be telling me what to do in order for me or anyone else to develop a basic sense of morality? We are a social group species, interacting in ways that benefit everyone and avoiding behaviors that hurts others is generally necessary for group survival, hence punishing infractions on that system is natural.
When scripture speaks of something being 'of the world', they are revealing in contrast what is part of all existence.
What you are basing your notions of morality off of is not of an underlying, universal principle, but
of the world. What 'generally' is necessary is not always what is necessary, and every era has a different moral palette.
The scriptures speak of a perfect eternal kingdom, which ultimately must be consistent and therefore be absolute. There can be no relativity.
Most people tend to concentrate on the fact that it's perfection is what makes it different then Earth, which is true, but also a wrong way of looking at it- it is different then the Earth because the Earth is temporary, imperfect, and has no consistency.
The exact opposite of a world with absolute morals.
Atheists are a group as varied as theists. We hold no consistency in political views whatsoever, I know very conservative and very liberal atheists, and all inbetween. Your generalization is incorrect. Also, not all Christians agree on the same morals, not even ones who attend the same church, so all of humanity experiences a rather subjective perspective on morality.
Christians are torn on morals because a lot of them try to tailor biblical perception to that of their worldly values.
There's more them then those who choose to follow God's wisdom in full.
The one's who stand by the totality of that wisdom
, they stand alone against not only atheists but the rest of the world.
You see, that's where it's at- that's the light and salt of the world. The other Christians are somewhere in the twilight of that and the rest, still unable to let go of worldly bias.
A god can do whatever it wants, it is god. What is relevant to my question is why you are ok with decent people suffering on the basis of belief alone.
Actually, there are many things God cannot do. For example, He cannot contradict Himself. Another would be that He cannot change His mind because He would know beforehand His choice.
These are consequences of omnipotence.
Interestingly enough though, He could still however make a rock too heavy to lift, then change His mind and lift it.
Anyway, a person's salvation is between them and God. The hard truth is that people aren't as decent as they think they are, they aren't as skeptical as they try to believe or tell others, and they do in fact have a genuine option to see the totality of God's wisdom as it truly is.
