Can someone be a good person and be an atheist?
Jainism does not believe in any supernatural or superhuman entities. It believes that all things and events follow the laws of nature. So there is no room for miracles in Jainism. Being a good person entails creating an atmosphere of trust and well-being by practicing virtues such as nonviolence, truth and non-possessiveness and minimizing passions like anger, greed, fear and pride. An individual resolves to adopt these virtues by his/her own freewill. Practice of ethics for fear of hell or bad karma involves passions. Similarly, doing good deeds because of the lure of heaven or beneficial karma or comforts in the future is not of much avail. Thus there is no relation between one’s faith and the practice of morals. Jainism has no qualms if an individual adopts a rational view of reality, through his/her own observation, that has no role of God in the scheme of things. According to the Jain theory of karma, the nature and intensity of influx and bondage of karma is determined by yoga, t
