Also maybe drop the toxic and inhumane elements like authority worship, misogyny, tribalism, moral superiority, condemnation of outgroups? And maybe institute elements that actually do mitigate the stupider and meaner side of human nature rather than reinforcing it? Like maybe valuing critical thinking, empathy, inclusiveness, acceptance of ambivalence, recognizing that one's tribe is all of humanity without exception?
If only... But then if religions did this, they would disappear, and social dominance viruses like Christianity are way too virulent to become humane influences on their own. It's going to take conscious will to weaken it and immunize humanity.
Yes, it would be terrible if someone were to become obsessed with a "tribalism" and a skewed perception of their own moral superiority, and blanket condemnation of outgroups. Just terrible.
That's smarmy and unhealthy.
It's also easy and lazy. I could type out millions of words to explain my views and why I hold them (and I have, actually), but the reactive religious believers and apologists will always reduce it all down to what they want to believe, which is either the two dimensional "atheists are [insert sinful/scary trait here]" or "No, YOU" projection.
But if religious belief were assumed through rational thought, the slower process of conscious reasoning, there would not only be no religious belief, there would be the capacity to recognize when others have not assumed their views through subconscious, reflexive processes.
So awfully rude of me to point this out. Anyway, if I really did think the way religious believers accuse me of thinking, I'd still be a Christian and possibly even a Republican.