Why on earth is abstinence a virtue? And what's remotely virtuous about the notion that we're all pre-guilty of sin? 
As for the others, the virtuous components of those qualities existed prior to religion, and don't require religion to work. The religious elements are merely the shell on the nut, something to be peeled off and discarded. Meanwhile, theists pretend, and their religions assert, that the shell is actually some integral part, that in fact theists invented those virtues, and claim ownership over them.
That's the problem: religion merely dulls and dishonors good human traits, it doesn't add anything of its own. It's a parasite.
As for the others, the virtuous components of those qualities existed prior to religion, and don't require religion to work. The religious elements are merely the shell on the nut, something to be peeled off and discarded. Meanwhile, theists pretend, and their religions assert, that the shell is actually some integral part, that in fact theists invented those virtues, and claim ownership over them.
That's the problem: religion merely dulls and dishonors good human traits, it doesn't add anything of its own. It's a parasite.
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
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