Is this common in the West?

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I believe that human effort can make the world a better place, not faith. Religion doesn't make people "good". And it doesn't make "people" evil. It depends on the person.

Nobody knows for sure how we got here and nobody knows what tomorrow will bring.

"With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil -- that takes religion." -- Steven Weinberg, Physicist and Nobel Laureate

A person's "religion" can be whatever they worship, whether a Supreme Being, a philosophy, wealth, a political movement, or even another person.

"A Person's "Religion" Can Be Whatever They Worship,
Whether A Supreme Being, A Philosophy, Wealth,
A Political Movement, Or Even Another Person."

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What you're describing may be secular humanism (in which there's some fundamental value to humans above all else, but no god) - maybe what Slavoj Zizek calls "Christian atheism" (God isn't here, we can only help each other)- but it may also be leaning towards a form of nihilism. Maybe cosmic nihilism (the universe is vast, and humans are these fancy biological machines, programmed to mindlessly procreate, consciousness is accidental, and there is no 'fate' for mankind, just like we don't think of a fate for, say, foxes), maybe optimistic nihilism (same as above, but with relief that the pressure of having a 'fate' is gone).

Secular humanism is what is common legal practice in the west. To the detriment of non-human animals, I should add.