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I would agree, and frankly go a bit further. Religion can lead directly to immoral behaviour. I can think of two cases off the top of my head where Bibilical figures commit what I would consider gravely immoral acts, as "men of god" - Abraham's near-slaughter of his son at god's behest, and the time the prophet Elijah murdered 42 children (by god-invoked bear attack, no less) for making fun of him. These acts are not condemned at all in the text, they are actually meant to be instructive. It's a bit sick.