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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh

As a nation or society becomes more secular it loses any logical imperative to behave morally. (This is not to say that secular people aren't moral, or that "religious" people do behave morally).

I dispute that. Indeed, you demolish the first sentence with your second sentence.

Morality (but that might need definition) is certainly instilled through normal education. The Ten Commandments are widely taught and adhered to save for the usual two. Yet the population has largely turned secular.