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Crosspost from !atheism@feddit.de.

An overview of studies which investigate correlations between morality and religious vs. secular / atheist ideologies presented by Phil Zuckerman who is a professor of sociology and secular studies at the Claremont colleges in California, USA.

Summary: Atheists / secular people not only have morals but are even more moral than religious people.

Note: Of course moral is a matter of perspective. In this context we agree that compassion and empathy are our foundations of moral.

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[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 49 points 11 months ago

It's well established that Religious people are immoral and quite typically horrible people.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago

With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.

― Steven Weinberg

[-] JustRobForNow@mastodon.social 11 points 11 months ago

@FlyingSquid @YoBuckStopsHere
Or patriotism.
Tribalism is basically the problem.

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