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Letter: We don't need the carrot of Heaven or the stick of Hell we need to learn to be moral We should not throw religion's morals out with its myths

Barbara Rae
Sunday 03 November 1996 00:02 GMT
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Colin Tudge seems to suggest that religion refines our emotions and makes us more "tranquil" and "contemplative". In my life, it is poetry, music, literature and art that perform that function.

Barbara Rae

Petersfield, Hampshire

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