> Religion is not required for morals and community values. See, I agree, but probably because I understand "religion" differently than you do. I would say, t

> Religion is not required for morals and community values. See, I agree, but probably because I understand "religion" differently than you do. I would say, though, that love of God is required for morals and healthy community (not sure what 'community values' are). There are a lot of difficult things in this life (addiction, betrayal, chronic illness, corruption, oppression) that are difficult to tackle with bald reason, raw force of will, and whatever teamwork we can scrape together.