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How about the fact that church attendance (here in England) is at an all-time low, and that crime rates are also at a low? I admit that you don't have to go to church to be religious, but at the same time it does at least partially reflect the fact that morals and ethics can exist without continuous religion.
Also, state schools are forbidden in this country from teaching religion. This, coupled with a general down-turn in the number and size of religious groups would suggest that children are no longer being imprinted with religious morals and ethics. However, as before, crime rates have been decreasing for a long time.
It's difficult to present evidence of this, but theoretically I think that the concept is sound. I suppose that the evidence for this is apparent in every day life. I know I, for one, recieved my morals and ethics from my parents, neither of which are particularly religious. I have now adopted a faith, but managed to exist politely previous to that regardless of the fact that I hadn't read the Bible.
Good conversation. Anyone else going to jump in?
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