Sinful Believers Wearing Their Sins

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Religious folks are always quick to concede that their religion does not necessarily make believers better person.

So here's a question, what's the point believing? What's the point of claiming nonbelievers need your religion if your religion doesn't make us better persons? What's the point of being superior on paper when in actuality your chances of being an asshole is just the same as ours?

Great question.

Now, because we are in an atheist forum, I need to make sure we are starting from the same basis. I don't want to say why we need Christianity to be a better person and then end up disagreeing on what a better person is.

So I would ask you, what is your standard for a "good person"?

someone who goes out of their way to avoid causing harm to others would be a good person.

Within reason of course, I don't expect people to sacrifice themselves for strangers especially when the sacrifice is disproportionate, I don't consider that good.


Edit: I don't believe in "good persons", in my post I said better. I don't believe in completely bad or completely good people. Actually I believe in completely bad, but not completely good.