Religion is entirely devoted to the contemplation of moral and aesthetic qualities
By making this the foundation of your argument, it immediately invalidates all that follows as it is flawed. I find nothing more in religion than simple power and control. Both morality and aesthetic qualities are subjective and the fact that part of these 'qualities' are universally accepted does not indicate they were defined by religion.
Great writing and very interesting articles.
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