Skull Pilot
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Morality and religion are not inextricably bound.
I would posit that a man who believes in a supreme being who does good works for the promise of an eternal reward or to avoid eternal damnation is not a moral man but a man motivated by greed and/or fear.
On the other hand, a man who believes not in a supreme being nor an after life and makes the conscious, deliberate decision to engage in good works, to treat his fellow man and animals with respect and kindness for no other reason than it is the honorable way to live who expects no eternal reward and is not motivated by fear of eternal punishment is a truly moral man.
I would posit that a man who believes in a supreme being who does good works for the promise of an eternal reward or to avoid eternal damnation is not a moral man but a man motivated by greed and/or fear.
On the other hand, a man who believes not in a supreme being nor an after life and makes the conscious, deliberate decision to engage in good works, to treat his fellow man and animals with respect and kindness for no other reason than it is the honorable way to live who expects no eternal reward and is not motivated by fear of eternal punishment is a truly moral man.