1 Jun 2022 10:26 am
DeezerShoove » 31 May 2022, 9:37 pm » wrote: ↑ Aspiring to a higher purpose and character improvement is beneficial.
"Doing the right thing when no one is looking" comes to mind.
If that seems difficult, for some a belief in God serves the purpose.
What's wrong with that?
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Why would you feel the need to be a good person?
(This assumes you want that at all in the first place.)
If you do, what do you have that motivates this desire?
Why be a good person? Hmmm..... by your logic the only reason that someone does not rape women is because some 2000 year old book say not to. It can't possibly be due to any sense of empathy. Nahhh....
Finland, Czech Republic, Hungary... all have higher rates of atheism (and have for decades) and yet do not have nearly the amount of spree killings/school shootings. But religion is the one and only factor involved.