How secular family values stack up

Interesting column.

“If your morality is all tied in with God,” she continued, “what if you, at some point, start to question the existence of God? Does that mean your moral sense suddenly crumbles?

Obviously, not every religious person's convictions are based on fear, and will therefore crumble when you give up your belief, but I'm sure there are a lot of people who feel that way.

This echoes what the criminology field has documented for more than a century — the unaffiliated and the nonreligious engage in far fewer crimes.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0115-zuckerman-secular-parenting-20150115-story.html

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