@dbd17de6 @3fe52772 I am not a Jew and would completely defer to your knowledge of Judaism and its teachings.

Probably blame my poor phrasing, because my own personal exegesis was that the religious person has other things that factor into their decision making, even though they may also simply want to do the right thing.  I think the teaching was more to illustrate the fact that the athiest has nothing else that factors in.

Again, not my tradition so I defer to those for whom it is. 

 @fcbf5051 @3fe52772 Well Rabbis often disagree with one another -- but yeah, I see the point about Atheism. Jews are generally a live and let live bunch, except amongst themselves, LOL