Reply #15: You don't need to believe in a higher power to have morals

[W_HAMILTON]

In fact, it seems like belief in a higher power (via religion) just serves to distort morals in a negative way. Sure, people will always have their biases, but usually they eventually are overcome with time. But when those biases are backed up by a religious text, it's not so easy to overcome them. People believe their God wants them to hate and discriminate, and there's no changing it, since God does not speak to us the way religious scholars said that he did thousands of years ago.

You don't need to believe in a higher power to be nice to other people. In fact, I'd say that you aren't all that high and mighty to begin with, if the only reason you would be kind to others is because you're afraid God won't let you into Heaven otherwise.

I'm surprised even one person voted "yes." Of course you don't need to believe in a higher power to be moral.