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As a child I was taught that religion made you a better person. That outside of religion, morality did not, could not exsist.
Today I believe that morality comes from being human, not from being religious.
I feel that religions actually allow people to act in a way that is brutally immoral, despite the apparent "morality" that they wrap themselves in. It is not right to kill people or persecute them because their beliefs differ from yours. Yet that is what most religions, as a baseline, believe; even if many don't act on it as much as they used to. But the potential is always there.
Humans seem prone to an "us vs. them" approach to life, and religion gives this mindset a perfect vehicle.
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The above story is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
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