1 John 2:15 -17
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Morality is a real thing that people feel an obligation toward even without belief in any particular religion. People will often bicker as to whether a particular thing was fair or unfair, but rarely do they ever maintain that fairness is not a real thing....even the naturalist whose world view implies its not a real thing, will bicker with the rest of us about whether something was fair or not.
As for the effect of religions on morality, some may indeed heighten a sense of morality, like a Christian following the words of Jesus to love one's neighbor as one's self and even love and be kind to one's enemies. And some religions deaden one's sense of moral duties and helps make excuses for bad behavior, like Islam sanctifying the brutal conquest and abuse of non-Muslims. Or like the highly corrupted version of Christianity that was overthrown by the reformation. Both pure Islam, and this corrupted version of Christianity indeed served the elite's goals in their time, but neither of them increased one's sense of morality, rather they were less moral than the human norm.
No.
No!
People don’t remember the quote in the Bible: “And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Speaking of his Church.
Through thousands of years, the Christian faith seems to be stronger during adverse times.
I just wish the “moralising atheists” would go away!