People didn’t listen to their commandments when the majority of people believed in them, it just gave them a reason to hate those that were different from them.
Overall, I’ve found people who aren’t religious to be more open minded, and far more accepting of people different to them.
The next step should be replacing fear of damnation with fear of the guillotine.
This is actually a better outcome than I expected for Ukraine. If Putin doesn’t negotiate, he may end up being harsher on Russia than Biden was.
He has a reputation for being friendly with Russia, potentially even compromised by them, and may want to shed that reputation.
Or maybe I’m just naive. We’ll see.