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Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on Morality Without God

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The Correlation Between Religion and Immorality

Belief in God and the devil is correlated with higher murder rates. Religion has consistently been correlated with higher rates of intolerance towards blacks, people of other religions, women. It is true that religious belief is correlated with less cheating and more charitable giving. But when you think that through it's not clear that religion is causing those people to be more charitable.

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