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sdl5 1 point ago +1 / -0

I was raised entirely outside any organized religion, many generations not even fronting in my family by the time I was born, and the deep values of beong a good person are remarkably similar.

I was quite startled as an adult to realize key tenent we were raised on were the foundational personal values lauded in the Bible tbh, that's how little exposure I had to one.

The truth is that the most sustaining societal and familial systems of behavior and values are timeless.

Religious texts and folk sayings and well-known allegories are simply tools used to reinforce said framework over time and place.