Why some humans are so evil: double standards and irreligion

[Aoi Magi]

I was raised Catholic, but it is my choice that I follow it. I'm not some mindless robot. Catholic teaching both on faith and on morals makes logical sense to me. If tomorrow the Church claimed God wants us to steal and rape (which it doesn't, despite whatever literal interpretation you're pulling from the OT), I'd realize that it wasn't what I thought it was, and I'd leave. From everyone I know, I can't imagine a single one of them being like "Oh, the Church says rape is good now? Ok then, imma go out and find me some person to rape." We are not idiots.

You're still not really addressing my initial point, which is that religion can be either a negative OR positive influence depending on what the ideologies are, and it is dishonest and inconsistent to only claim it does the former.

Bad things aren't limited to just "rape" and "steal" or such very apparent evils, nor do we humans change at the flick of a switch, what you are arguing against is just your own strawman.

Also you keep missing my point, yes religion can foster both good and bad ideals/behaviors, but it is not entirely dependent on the ideology of the religion itself rather on the subjective interpretation of the authority figure, and this is especially dangerous because religion teaches people to be submissive to authority figures.

Let's take your case for oh-so-generous-religious-charities, charities are good things, but when done by religious institutions, in most instances the goal is more about spreading the religion instead of helping people, like forcing people to listen to sermons or adhere to a particular faith before receiving these benefits. The good people who actually donate to charities do intend to help people, but are unwittingly becoming a part of this agenda. do you think that is a good thing?