I don’t think anything has caused more harm to people than religion. When you consider the number of deaths for the sake of god, it makes little sense that religion is necessary for morality.

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True... i agree... im saying that I appreciate those who restraint themselves of doing bad but yes... worst thing is that it didnt stop many... the wars are still lead basically cuz God promised someone land... like seriously?! But the whole world is as we see compliant πŸ€·β€β™€οΈπŸ₯³πŸ™†πŸ»β€β™€οΈ and highly delusional not to mention hypocricy in a lot lot lot...
You’re using β€œharm” as a moral category to indict God. Where’s that category coming from on your worldview? Atoms and evolution don’t produce oughts, just outcomes. You have to borrow a transcendent standard of right and wrong to even make the accusation. Which means the case against God assumes the very thing it’s trying to disprove.
Good and bad come from conscious experience. Evolution shaped our brains to recognize suffering, empathy, cooperation, and wellbeing because social beings survived better that way. Atoms don’t create morality by themselves, but they created minds capable of feeling and understanding it. A child suffering is wrong because the suffering is real, not because we need a supernatural source to recognize it.
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