SinisterMotives

The worrisome thing for me is that many Christians assume that Christianity holds an exclusive patent on what they call "Christian values" and then follow from that faulty assumption to a baseless presumption of moral superiority over non-Christians. Truth be told, all of the great truths that culminate in Man's current sense of morality stem from the insights of a very few thoughtful individuals from diverse cultures throughout history. Indeed, the Golden Rule itself has its parallel in most other belief systems. I'd even hazard to say that "do unto others" is a no-brainer to most people of a philosophical bent, whether religious or not. Thus, to say that one doesn't hold "correct" values because one's religious background (or lack thereof) differs from our own is untenable.

It follows then that no religious group can rightly claim that their religion is solely responsible for the moral climate of a secular society.