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Why Do Religious People Think They’re More Moral Than Others?
If faith makes you righteous, why does history prove otherwise?
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I used to believe that being a religious person was about becoming better — about love, kindness, and self-awareness. But over time, I noticed something disturbing.
Growing up, I was made to feel inferior because I wasn’t religious enough. I was seen as a bad, undisciplined kid — for not fasting, for not doing enough, for not loving god enough. I was constantly compared to kids who could recite verses like parrots.
Yet, the people who preached morality the loudest — the ones who claimed to speak for God, the self-proclaimed ‘righteous’ — were often the cruelest. Especially toward women. Toward anyone who dared to question.
When morality becomes a mask
Religious people often claim that morality comes directly from God — that divine authority is the ultimate standard of right and wrong. But that raises an uncomfortable question:
The : Does God command a particular act because it is morally right, or is it morally right because God commands it?
