I agree Jo. After all religion is something that most people question from time to time and if all their morals are founded on religion, well why would people continue to have the morals if they were solely held because it was what they thought God wanted from people.
I also think religion can be used to undermine people's achievements. For example "I came top in my class in a math's test so God must have wanted it to be so"."God gave me the gift of music which is why I'm good at playing the piano". How can someone have pride in their achievements if they don't believe their own efforts count for anything and that skills are solely determined by some higher power.
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