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Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour
Those beliefs drive a tremendous amount of good as well.
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Really? Does being agnostic/atheist make you lose some moral compass?
Intelligence is what makes people good. Why do you think that as we grow as a species, we all the sudden wake up to the atrocities we are allowing to happen? Sterilization, Witch hunts, Slavery, LGBT rights...etc are all symptoms of the ignorance of our species. Just like religion. The smarter we become, the more people have to make excuses for religion. The more religions themselves have to change long standing traditions because our moral compass grows and evolves independently of religion.
So no. I don't believe they do much good besides pacify the scared from their fear of death and their own insignificance.