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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
I had a co-worker who was genuinely shocked and confused when he heard me say that we took in my 2 month old niece to raise as our own because her mother was incapable of raising her (major mental health issues). I was talking about how much I love having this little girl in my life and he said “but I thought you were an athiest, but that’s such a good and kind thing to do.”

I told him “I am an athiest, but one’s religious belief doesn’t make them a good person. There are good athiests and asshole atheists, good Christian’s and asshole Christian’s, so on so forth. Honestly I would argue that being an athiest and being a good person actually makes someone better because they are being a good person simply because it’s the right thing to do, without a promise of eternal paradise for being good.”
gpt
If someone needs religion to scare them into being a "good" person then the reality is that they're a shitty person.