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We don't know right from wrong because we don't fear retribution from an almighty.
I'm an atheist, so I get to rape and murder as much as I want. It just happens that that amount is zero.
I'm also kind to others, purely because doing so makes me feel good. If it also builds up "karma credits" with others, that's just a nice fringe benefit.
I had a coworker a few years ago who was seriously confused how I maintained morality without an imaginary friend threatening to fuck me up for all eternity. Like, he genuinely struggled to compute how it was possible for me to go around not raping and killing people as an atheist, to the extent that the guy was clearly wary around me going forward from that point. Very strange dude. Also weirdly enthusiastic about competitive pistol shooting.
God doesn't want him to shoot people, yet.
That actually makes me boil, cause i remember the live interview with a religious dude around 2008. In which he said and i quote "i don't fear the law of man, i only fear god", the bastard said it after killing someone in the name of jehova (i don't even remember if it was only one victim or more, my monkey brain was just baffled at his response to the question).
They don't play with the same social rules at all, and then they rage because "us" r the crazy ones.
I think that's the sum of it all
Ah, this one always makes me smile. I store it right next to the assumption we haven't read their holy book, and the assumption we didn't learn anything good from doing so that we can share as common ground.
If those are the only assumptions I have to get past, we can friends shortly!