"It would seem that religion does not initiate moral virtue in the community, but rather grudgingly reflects it, once the community has sufficiently overcome religious objections to its progress and become somewhat more enlightened. We should remember that in our country, churches endorsed slavery, public lynching, wife-beating, whipping of schoolchildren, and many other abuses. To this day, the faith called Islam, which translates "submission" — of women in particular — still allows "honor killing" of women who are deemed insufficiently submissive..."
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