nostr:npub18ljjwuh8vt0lrh3fe3vsefddt40u297gtsk3d4v4ywhjnvms9zfqy480hq One of my favourite teachings on this was a Rabbi on the intrinsic goodness of the atheist.  I'm paraphrasing a longish teaching here, but that the religious does what they do for fear of loss of favour, or doctrine, or desire to please the divine.  The atheist does good simply because it is the right thing to do.