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    What goodness in this world requires or even permits for any supernatural influence?
    – tkruse
    Commented Jul 1 at 22:17
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    Meditation with proper instruction can be helpful in overcoming negative states of mind.
    – Scott Rowe
    Commented Jul 1 at 23:59
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    "But when we die the evil god will reveal it's trolling, thus pulling the rug from under our feet, and then torment/afflict torture upon us forever." For a large fraction of humans, that is basically exactly what it would mean if one of the fire and brimstone religions were right.
    – MisterMiyagi
    Commented Jul 2 at 9:17
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    It's just profoundly egocentric to imagine that the universe operates in a humanlike social hierarchy with a boss man at the top. Science has shown that humans are just one particular ape produced by randomized mechanical processes on one particular planet. Social hierarchies are just one particular adaptation of this one particular ape. It's grotesque to project it as something fundamental to the universe.
    – causative
    Commented Jul 2 at 10:32
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    Also, to act (or fail to act) in the hope of a future reward or out of fear for a future punishment shows a crude, childish, inherently authoritarian form of moral sense. It's unfortunate that many people raised in Abrahamic traditions seem to remain stuck in that.
    – mudskipper
    Commented Jul 2 at 14:42