but they do justify, right? just like “religious” people justify. what is justification become irrelevant then. that means no fault of religion as Diwana said.
I can say , for “good” (secular) people to do bad things, it takes prevalent and dominant perceptions like US has an authority to maintain peace in the world.
you bring out of context explanation of what southie wrote. read the complete quote here below.
“Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you’d have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.”
Steven Weinberg