Religion Didn’t Invent Morality, It Hijacked It
The content addresses a viewer’s assertion that children require God for safety, countering it with evidence of church abuse scandals. It argues that morality predates religion, fear-based ethics are inadequate, and secular societies outperform religious ones in safety and well-being, highlighting that humans possess innate moral instincts rather than those instilled by religion.
Responding to a viewer who claimed children need God to be safe. But if religion makes kids safer, how do we explain decades of church abuse scandals? Today I break down why morality evolved before religion, why fear-based ethics fail, and why secular societies actually outperform religious ones on safety and wellbeing.
The evidence is clear, humans are naturally moral beings. Religion didn’t create our capacity for empathy and fairness, it often suppresses it.
