Does Religion make you nice?

[TheDarkestOfAngels]

I suppose that is true DarkAngel. You don't think that religion doesn't have the tinest bit of influence on people at all? I know atheist are more open minded but we can be bastards as well, when we want to be. I don't know I always think that religion could have a impact on the person because look at the fanatics and religious assholes today. I guess it could depened on the person.

Bull Poopie.

It certainly influences the way people think, but it's not easy to find people to where their faith consumes every bit of their daily lives. My parents for example go to church every sunday, but I'd be hard pressed to think how they'd be otherwise different if they were atheists other than finding something better to do with their time every sunday.
I suppose though what I'm saying that a person is a douchebag whether he's an atheist or the pope. You have to remember that assholes like Pat Robertson is fairly rare in the sense that of the millions of the faithful here in the US, the vast majority are good people, but you only really hear the loud, obnoxious ones.
I'm saying that even if they weren't full of religion, they'd be trying to sell you other things for different reasons. I imagine Pat Robertson weren't an evangalist would be in west africa tryign to convince people that he's a Nigerian prince in financial troubles whose willing to part with millions of US dollars in exchange for a small favor...