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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Christians, for example, are expected to abide by the Ten Commandments while Muslims are required to abide by the Five Pillars of Islam. I doubt we'll be seeing you remembering the Sabbath or taking a pilgrimage to Mecca any time soon. That's not to say that you're amoral (As some of your beliefs might inherently coincide with those contained within organized religion), but rather that you're not bound to a strict code as most theists are.
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True. Dogma and rituals are not exclusive agents of moral virtue. This is why the closest I'll ever get to having a religion is through Buddhism. It looks at morality through a practical lens. Observation, meditation. As an applied philosophy, Buddhism is inherently atheist.
Abandoning rituals, the morality that informs Buddhism is learned. Without nonsense. It has been called a path that can be followed as easily as that of a bird's.
You must make your own path.