Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion.
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Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.
There is no morality by instinct. There is no social salvation in the end without taking thought; without mastery of logic and application of logic to human experience.
I do not want to suggest that you have to be religious to be moral.
Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.
The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Morality arose largely as an empirical defence of the individual and society. Ever since intelligent beings began to be in contact, and consequently in friction, they have felt the need to guard themselves against each other's encroachments.
Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives each of us the sense that we are worthy human beings.
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will.
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