Atheist/theist behaviour

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Chad: There are no moral absolutes. It doesn't even make any sense. Not if the definition of morality is actually about wellbeing. If morality is solely about what some undemonstrated being likes and dislikes then this is irrelevant and/or harmful. And even then, it's subjective to that being, so not absolute. If they just "exist" then any correlation between them and wellbeing is coincidental.

Some of the things you describe cause no harm at all, but it seems some theists punish themselves for them anyway. And there's certainly no evidence that theists "behave" better than atheists or that their actions escalate less than atheists.

What I did gain from your answer though is this point: the theist punishes themselves for things that don't hurt anyone, and tries to avoid doing them. As is often the case, these things can be sexual (masturbation for example) and avoiding these behaviours can lead to frustration which ultimately causes problems in itself. So that's a good example of religious thinking messing with behaviour, and certainly not for the positive in my opinion. Denying one's own sexuality must be torture.