My question was whether belief in God influence one's character. I never said, atheists can't be good people. :)

There is a tribe in India which has great faith in GOD, they live mostly by staling money and valuables burgling in to the houses, they perform a full fledged POOJA before starting their operation. Now what would you call it. So faith and characters are totally different. One can have inspiration in different ways by having faith.

"I could not understand what did you exactly mean by terming spirituality as individualistic? Can we delink spirituality from society? Or were all our spiritualist individualistic? Sree Rama Krishna Paramhansa ,Swami Vivekandnada!! Even the so-called laws which are guiding the conduct of our citizens today are partly derived from our religious heritage. Emperor Asoka was deeply moved by Lord Buddha's teachings and became a disciple to renounce war for ever!!India produced saints and seer who transcended all individulism like Guru Nanak, Kabir,Chaitanyadev to name a few whose spiritual teachings made monumental impact on the common masses and society as a whole!!! "

@Gulshanji

The question which I raised above still remains unanswered! All our leaders worthy of mention who led the nation with exemplary record of service particulary in the pre-Independence era were all influenced one way or other.I need a clear definition of what is 'spirituality' to you.

My question was whether belief in God influence one's character. I never said, atheists can't be good people. :)

There is a tribe in India which has great faith in GOD, they live mostly by stealing money and valuables burgling in to the houses, they perform a full fledged POOJA before starting their operation. Now what would you call it. So faith and characters are totally different. One can have inspiration in different ways by having faith.

Belief in God, spirituality etc. etc. are all personal issues and to an extent they may influence one's character, but not always. My personal opinion is that a strength of character is more influenced by other attributes such as honesty, integrity, confidence and ability to stick to your convictions rather than falling prey to various temptations, that is what builds a character and not the fact whether you believe in your own personal God and conduct pooja on a daily basis. If belief in Gods built characters, then we would not have had so many Godmen and Sadhus, priests etc. conducting atrocities on women and children in various religious institutions across India!

"I could not understand what did you exactly mean by terming spirituality as individualistic? Can we delink spirituality from society? Or were all our spiritualist individualistic? Sree Rama Krishna Paramhansa ,Swami Vivekandnada!! Even the so-called laws which are guiding the conduct of our citizens today are partly derived from our religious heritage. Emperor Asoka was deeply moved by Lord Buddha's teachings and became a disciple to renounce war for ever!!India produced saints and seer who transcended all individulism like Guru Nanak, Kabir,Chaitanyadev to name a few whose spiritual teachings made monumental impact on the common masses and society as a whole!!! "

@Gulshanji

The question which I raised above still remains unanswered! All our leaders worthy of mention who led the nation with exemplary record of service particulary in the pre-Independence era were all influenced one way or other.I need a clear definition of what is 'spirituality' to you.

'Spirituality' is a term derived from 'spirit' or 'soul' as distinct from human body and other material objects. Thus this means stressing more on relation of soul with 'God' or similar non physical entities rather than the physical aspects of living. I do not know much about 'spirituality'.
Most people have some sort of belief in religion. It is obvious that our leaders in freedom struggle had also such faith. Nobody is entirely spiritual or materialist. Obviously a person more inclined to spirituality would care less for physical belonging or consumption and he may be less corrupt and more honest. Also there are some spiritualist who believe that all living body have similar soul that is ultimately component of 'super soul' called God. Hence they are more compassionate and not cruel to any creature. However there are many shades of religious and spiritual faith and the ultimate behavior is unpredictable. We should judge people by how they behave in society irrespective of their spiritual or religious leanings.