Does secularism make people more ethical?

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Anthony W.

Religion, when practiced responsibly and civilly, is the best way to keep a population at peace.

But it's never had that result. Historically religion was mixed with politics. Take the Roman Church, they were on the down end, the christian movement was big, not only did they join it, they reformed it to a political system in which they could control. They created many doctrines of fear, such as eternal torment, others that caused guilt. They used these tools to control people. If they couldn't, they stirred fervor and just killed. This has been the history of the world, religion has never caused peace, but caused more war and torment than we can grasp.

I think religious people seek God to make a better world or they accept the world is going to hell and only God can fix it, secular people want to fix and solve the problems of humanity in hopes of a better world.