You don't need religion to be moral?
Here's why that statement is completely bunk, the ancient world prior to Christianity was a violent and brutal place. There was no such thing as morality or empathy, everyone did what was right in their own eyes. It was Christianity that single-handedly set the standard for morality across the board. Christian morals has become so intertwined within society that people have forgotten where it came from. Here are some quote's from "How Christianity Changed The World" that emphasizes that point: "Some moderns with no religious beliefs, of course, have high ethical standards and often show humanitarian concerns quite independent of Jesus' teachings. Professor Schmidt, however, tellingly shows how such secular morality could hardly have been possible without prior Judeo-Christian ethic that influenced generation after generation. Any "noble pagan" today recoils, for example, from the thought of killing babies, but "noble pagans" of antiqu...