Religion is not a pre-requisite for morality

Dear American Family Association:

You ask "how do we define 'good' without 'God'?" My answer, for myself, is as follows:

In your good fortune, remember to help those less fortunate. Lend a helping hand whenever you have the chance, and let people know they can ask for help.

Don't hurt other people if you can possibly avoid it, and if you can't, do your damnedest to minimize the hurt.

Be gracious in victory; remember that defeat is painful (see above re: minimizing hurt).

Always remember that just about any action you take has an effect on others, and think about what that effect will be and what it will do to them. Again, see above.

I never had a minute's worth of religious indoctrination, and yet all that is practically instinct to me. My parents, skeptics both of them, made sure of it.

(And for what it's worth, the Greek root of "skeptic" is not "to disbelieve", but rather, simply, "to think".)

Sincerely (I learned that too),

Bruce