Do you believe you have to turn to religion, to become a better person?

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I personally, don't. You shouldn't need religion, just to be a good person, and in fact, often times, religion, makes you an even worse person

slatyb · Accepted Answer

Of course not. All my friends are very nice people, and none are religious. On the other hand, I have met many Christians who are quite hateful. Here's a prime example of the hateful and violent nature of some American Christians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Ahlquist

For daring to suggest that it was not proper for her public high school to prominently display a Bible verse in the auditorium, Jessica received many death threats from her community.

jshm2 · Accepted Answer

Erm... it's how you become a "better person" from a worse person. Convicts and bastards that turn their life around, manage to do so when they adhere to religions.

To date, exactly zero "humanists" and atheists have managed to make a better person of anyone.

MelonSoda · Accepted Answer

Religion isn't gonna save you. Realizing what you're doing wrong and making an effort to change that behavior is what makes you become a better person.

SweetDumplings · Accepted Answer

I believe religion can make anyone a better person and full of confidence as well, God smiles upon those who always turn to him and rewards them

CountessSarah · Answer

No. Religion doesn't provide any sort of benefit that cannot be achieved through secular means. It can however make a person considerably worse, motivating people to commit evil acts they wouldn't have been persuaded to via secular means.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

What MAKES a good person? And where do the 'guidelines' for it come from? (I assume here, that 'religion' does not mean the man-made institutions to administer 'belief')

BCRanger10 · Answer

Strictly speaking? No, but then again, making someone a "better person" is not the object of religious faith and practice.

bean2k21 · Answer

no you should rid yourself of the idea of this ideal you that you are not pretty much the opposite of religion

call_me_scar · Answer

Nope you can be a good person no matter what you believe so long as that belief doesn't make you hate a innocent group of people

OddBeMe · Answer

Proof says turn away from religion if you want to be a better person.

Anonymous · Answer

If anything it'll make you a worse person - intolerant, superstitious, and galactically stupid.

Agape93 · Answer

Not at all

jahaims · Answer

Nope

In_Trance · Answer

not necessarily

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