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 Ethics has nothing to do with religion and everything with your upbringing. 
 You could argue that religion plays a role in the upbringing. 
 Then genetics barges in like the kool aid man, OH YEAH! 
 It’s insanely complex, yet simple. Appreciate the teachings of the masters: Jesus, Buddha, Laozi, Mohammad, etc. it’s all the same message, but govt (groupthink) creates a distortion. We’re all uno 🫂 
 Well, Jesus was a fictional creation of the Romans to pacify the Jewish uprisings in the time of the Maccabees; much of the Buddha story is fantasy as well as Mohammed (a known pedophile), but still you are on the right track of thinking for yourself. 
 I have no idea. They’re all dead and much time has passed. The value of the lessons learned is still alive. 
 The value and the horrid aftermath of their ideas real or imagined is still alive.

A bit of research into why Jesus was created by the Romans is a good start. 
 How do you know? 
 Start here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2BoKyy7yDs 
 Appreciate it my friend. It’s too complex to address in text feeds, but I enjoy the constructive conversation 🫂 💜 
 Yes and then the Jesus story which pacified the Jews contained the element that the Jews plotted against and killed Christ, and so that story resulted in the murder of a hell of a lot of Jews by Christians in revenge during the first and second centuries (IIRC, it was a long time ago). 
 Yes, and so now the Khazar's who adopted Judaism have exacted their revenge (there are no Biblical Semitic Jews left in the world, they all interbred with Goy).  "Textual witnesses dating from the 9th and 10th centuries claim the Khazars adopted Judaism in the 8th century". This explains how the European Jews mostly had blond hair and blue eyes. Not a Semitic trait don't you know. 
 Let them know… 
 Buddha created the Sangha corporation, the first entity to cleverly honour usury while simultaneously separating itself from State via statues and other constructs. There’s a reason much is fantasy.. the truth stings sharply 2600 years later. 
 Fictional? Yikes 
 Here's a good vid that can explain what the Romans did...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2BoKyy7yDs 
 c'mon man. quit joking. "I care not if the sceptic says it is a tall story; I cannot see how so toppling a tower could stand so long without foundation. Still less can I see how it could become, as it has become, the home of man." chesterton. read 'everlasting man'  
 The Yeshua seen in Churchisnity, yes. 
 Funny how “god” only seemed to reveal himself to the same bloodline. Must be a coincidence. Atheists are bad. Believe in ancient books. Evidence isn’t necessary. Starve yourself. Pray harder.
https://m.primal.net/IGIN.jpg 
 I've written papers on this topic. You are correct on both counts @Karnage .

Geographic and linear birth determine religiosity. Christianity has survived and thrived due to the medieval architecture that survived and the remnant priesthood that had to be maintained. Earlier religions did not have these reasons to continue.

If you were born in India you would grow up believing in Ganesh or another of the many gods. If you were born in Scandinavia you grew up with a belief in Odin, ect. 
 A huge amount of it is, indeed.  I'd argue their are probably genetic components, but I would never go so far as to indite people based on their race. I don't think any genetically coded ethics are "wrong" enough for that anyways. But @Dissident Sound would probably take the other side of that argument. 
 it isn't so much a matter of race as character.  my father is a Sadist and i am not.  we are the same race.

i do think that Asians are on average less ethical than Europeans and Africans on average less intelligent and more impulsive ...

but i would rather hang out with an average African or Mongol than my father and it's not even close.

it's the same as any other trait.  some races are taller than others and yet there are Chinese Giants and Icelandic Midgets.

once you know you're dealing with a sadist though do not kid yourself and think there is any right approach that can be found in dealing with them.  

character trumps everything.

my sadist father ONLY smiles and laughs when he is hurting somebody or reminiscing how he hurt somebody.  he is visibly in pain whenever anybody is happy.  and he actually cried when i told him that he will soon not be able to hurt anybody anymore because he will have alienated everybody.

when i analyze people the first and last thing i ask myself is whether they enjoy the pain of others. 
 Wow I just learned so much about you there. Makes perfect sense.

The racial trait I see that is most strongly genetic is 'drive'.  I bought a "high drive" german shepherd puppy. The breeder knew it was "high drive" and warned me. Other german shepherd lines are not high drive.  Clearly it is genetic in this line of dogs.  I see Ashkenazi as high drive and Jamacians as low drive, and I think that explains a ton of things. These Jews not only are wealthier and hard working, they are also never satisfied.  Whereas Jamacians can't even be bothered to build a proper house for themselves, but are always very satisfied with life, kicking back on the beach in the good weather and smoking the ganga.  Who is to say one is better than the other? They aren't better or worse. I feel sympathy for the Jews never able to be satisfied, but also for the Jamacians when the storms roll in. Hell, I even feel sympathy for the woke idiots who insist these two races have the same drive and I'm a racist asshole for pointing out the obvious, because they can never be happy either. 
 The Stranger within my gate,
  He may be true or kind,
 But he does not talk my talk—
  I cannot feel his mind.
 I see the face and the eyes and the mouth,
   But not the soul behind. 

The men of my own stock
  They may do ill or well,
 But they tell the lies I am wonted to,
  They are used to the lies I tell.
 And we do not need interpreters
  When we go to buy and sell.

The Stranger within my gates,
   He may be evil or good,
 But I cannot tell what powers control—
  What reasons sway his mood;
 Nor when the Gods of his far-off land
  Shall repossess his blood. 

The men of my own stock,
   Bitter bad they may be,
 But, at least, they hear the things I hear,
  And see the things I see;
 And whatever I think of them and their likes
  They think of the likes of me. 

This was my father's belief
   And this is also mine:
 Let the corn be all one sheaf—
  And the grapes be all one vine,
 Ere our children's teeth are set on edge
  By bitter bread and wine.