It occurred to me that atheistic morality is the only true form of morality. It is derived from empathy and life experience instead of instructed to us via scripture and religious figureheads. While religious morality oftentimes is in line with atheistic morality, especially ones that follow "The Golden Rule", they are only moral because they come from empathy. Do Unto Others, because you know how it feels to be mistreated and wouldn't like it.
Unfortunately, that message gets lost among the religious text when other rules are made that explicitly go against The Golden Rule. Stoning a person seems like the opposite of doing unto others what you want done to you. Selling your daughter to the highest bidder, not something you would want to live through. Forcing her to marry her rapist, again, not very empathetic. The only way biblical morality would ever be actual morality would be if it started and ended with The Golden Rule.
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