A good general rule is that self-esteem for its own sake turns out to be much worse than merely reinforcing unearned positive feelings about oneself. Not only does high self-esteem (especially when unearned) not increase “social responsibility”; it decreases it. The criminologist and sociologist Roy Baumeister, a professor of psychology at Florida State University who has spent a lifetime studying violent criminals, notes that the great majority of criminals have higher self-esteem than noncriminals. You need high self-esteem to think that rules apply to others but not to you. . Dennis Prager
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  1. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychiatry and an atheist, theorized that one’s attitude toward one’s father largely shaped one’s attitude toward God.
  2. Any moral system that is detached from God, no matter how noble and sincerely held, will likewise fail.
  3. We live in a world filled with evil and moral confusion. There is only one way out: affirmation of a God Whose primary demand of us is that we treat our fellow human beings decently. Faith in any god who makes any other primary demand...
  4. Without God, right and wrong are just personal beliefs. Personal opinions. I think shoplifting is okay, you don’t.
  5. Unless there is a God, all morality is just opinion and belief. And virtually every atheist philosopher has acknowledged this.
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