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Can You Be Good Without Religion?

Dwight Longenecker

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Can you be a good person without religion?

It all depends on what you mean by ‘good’ and what you mean by ‘religion’.

What most people mean by ‘good’ is “Try to be a nice person. Be normal. Have relatively good manners. Don’t do any of the big bad ones like killing someone or stealing or being a pervert. If you can, be involved in a good cause of some sort–like the soup kitchen…

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Dwight Longenecker

Catholic priest, author and speaker. Read his blog, browse his books and be in touch at dwightlongenecker.com