Prioritizing the greatest good for the greatest number of people is the path to genocide. Is it better to kill 1 million people to help 9 million have great lives or let 10 million have mediocre lives? Believing in God and that humans are made in his image requires respecting the individual's dignity. Yet, our purpose is toward communion with God and each other. Both extremes of individualism and collectivism fail to see this distinction.

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This would fall into the philosophical argument of the trolley problem I think. Is it morally superior to intervene and save 5 people who will die, if it means your actions directly cause the death of 1 other person who would have lived? It's a thought provoking question. But, for this Utilitarian Humanist anyway, the greatest good for the greatest number would not lead to genocide in any sense. I do not see how genocide stems from that. I do know definitively however that religious believes are the cause of a not-insignificant number of genocides. So I very much disagree that religion prioritizes the individuals well being and prevents genocide.