Almost all religions provide opportunities for human beings to convince themselves of their own righteousness, to speak in the name of God, and even to go to war on God's behalf. This 'blasphemy of certainty' is also rife among secularists who in their case have not God but science or the proletariat on their side. Stephen R. Prothero
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The idea that one can be certain of their morality without the guidance of religion is the belief that science can prove you are right. Science has many advantages, but it can never prove that someone is doing the right thing. Moral behavior is something that cannot be proven by science or by logic. Science can tell us why an action is allowed or prohibited, but not whether the action itself is moral.

Source: God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run The Worldand Why Their Differences Matter

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