(December 31, 2014 at 8:36 am)alpha male Wrote: Also the converse is missing from the initial argument, i.e., can relgion also cause evil people to do good things?My own personal assessment leads me to believe that religion can cause:
Good people to do good things.
Good people to do bad things.
Bad people to do good things.
Bad people to do bad things.
It also seems that lack of religion, or "non" religion, can cause:
Good people to do good things.
Good people to do bad things.
Bad people to do good things.
Bad people to do bad things.
It would appear a lot of this has more to do with human nature than our belief. So where does religion hold power of good over non-religion? Where can we 'do good' when only religion is involved?
