I guess one must evaluate what is each individual's measure of morality? Religion is not a good measure. Religion is overrated. Faith and belief on the other hand guides true morality from the heart. Religious people can possibly discipline themselves to live an outward moral life all the while filled with evil at heart. Others may also secretly do the same just for show on the outward. Both can also possibly live a moral life without any spiritual influence and also be empty of any value in doing so because they lack the Spirit ...and all the while know not God. True morality comes from knowing God and living in Him.
Religion is indeed overrated and gives nothing to the people.
Yes, psychopaths and sociopaths do this all the time. They care about nothing else but what they want, feel, or need. And those needs will come before anyone else’s. They have no wisdom, no remorse, but what they have for you is what the Catholic Church still has. Crocodile tears. Some call that tough love, but it is called torment for anyone that disagrees with the establishment. That’s a fact that most do not wish to face, well, not until they have to.
But then it’s too late.
And I beg to differ on the assumption that I value you, people, animals, or any and all life. Be a tree, insect, rodent, fish, even bacteria. As it all has a purpose that’s linked to our biosphere. The Earth.
I live a moral life and have no spiritual connections with anything else but our biosphere and universe that has made even the Earth beneath our feet.
Did you know that some of the best parts of morality actually came from atheists? And did you know that you are actually born an atheist? Yes.
And you would have no knowledge of the biblical gods, or any gods, whatsoever, not without it being taught to you.
We are born without gods and will return to earth the same.