Homo sapiens are supposed to be the intelligent species inhabiting this world. Because we have achieved a dominance over all other living species it therefore becomes our responsibility to be custodians.
Inculcation of your fellow citizen should only elicit inquiry in the conscious mind of another individual. We should never enforce on others, doctrines of fear based dogmatic beliefs.
Being well rounded makes for better leaders, educators and citizens. The more we analyze and think critically, the more we can relate to others. education and experience create common ground for us all to build a better future.
I owe Dale McGowan for this one. Trust what is best to do its own winning, and don't turn yourself into Darth Vader trying to convert Luke in the meantime. Darth Vader wasn't a good dad.
Pursuing the wellbeing of the others means decide what is the best course of action in a given situation. There is no absolute good or evil, just better choices and worse choices.
Without life there is no awareness in the universe. Evolution is a property of the universe and evolution leads to intelligent life. Since life is a part of the universe then when we contemplate the universe the universe is really contemplating itself through us.
The belief in a material afterlife is beyond outdated. The concept of eternal pleasure as reward or eternal torture as punishment needs to replaced by the understanding of heaven or hell as the last thought a person having when they die either being satisfaction or regret.
Theocracy can't be moral because people need to be free to choose their religion and practice it in a society that makes no judgments about choices. By definition a theocracy has chosen sides and can not be impartial if it's subjects are opposed to the state religion.