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<p>No, I would disagree. </p>
<p>The Latin phrase “malum in se” explains it well. There are some things that are evil (and immoral) unto themselves, and there is no need for any religious or spiritual teaching to know and understand that.</p>
<p>Murder was immoral well before any religious commandment prohibited it.</p>
<p>And slavery was immoral despite religion’s pronouncement of acceptability.</p>