I believe that morality and ethics have nothing to do with religion.
It's not a popular view at this time. There are all kinds of people and some of them profess religion and do good works (in my view in spite of their religion). When I look at the writings of the book religions such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and others I see a lot of attention devoted to violence and meanness. Not all of the writing but much of it. Dogma seems to walk hand-in-hand with the kind of authoritarian rigidity that produces easy solutions mainly military or ones that carry a big stick.

I realize that this view is hugely unpopular in our country that prides itself on houses of worship and attendance there.

I do respect religious people who have morality and ethics in their behavior but do not attribute those qualities in them to their religious teachings.

Frank Hamilton