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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Zacryon@feddit.de to c/atheism@lemmy.world

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.

[-] jasory@programming.dev -4 points 11 months ago

"Quotemining is a rigorous proof" -W.V.O. Quine probably

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

When did I say anything about proof?

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[-] rosymind@leminal.space 2 points 10 months ago

I have a friend who recently got caught cheating in school. At about 40, I'm headed back as well. The other day I mentioned that I needed to take a math placement test (I haven't taken any math classes in about 2 decades). She said that I should have my husband take them for me.

  1. No, I want to learn, and not struggle which I would if I was placed in a higher level math than I am currently capable of understanding
  2. It's obviously the wrong thing to do

Guess what she originally majored in...

Christian Theology

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Hey I do know a few truly compassionate and empathic religious people. In my own experience they are definitely more of an exception than the norm though.

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Between that and this, atheist cyclists be feeling real smug by now.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago
[-] Zacryon@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago
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