Originally Posted by Nightshade
Being religious has only some bearing on a persons disretion between right and wrong. Some of the most corrupt people in the world are very religious (take priests with little boys as an example).
Religious fervor does not mean you are any better at discretionary decisions than one who is less religious in the least.
First of all, anyone who would molest a child is a monster, just because someone wears a cassock, it does not make them pious, religious or even a good person. Some of the worst, most cold-hearted people I have ever met have been Catholic priests. I would argue that the priests to whom you refer could not possibly be truly religious, they just put on that mask.
Some of the folks who blow up abortion clinics say they are doing it in God's name, just like the Muslim extremists killing people. Crazy is as crazy does. Someone raised in a "God Fearing Household", whether that God is Allah or Yahweh, will at least have been exposed to the idea of right and wrong. If they are remotely sane and honest, they would at least have some glimmer of an impulse to do the right thing in a given situation. Of course, there are sociopaths out there, like the Chief Executive I allude to above. With them, all bets are off