FULL SUBMISSION TO SOME THEISTIC RELIGION LACKS INTEGRITY

Humaneness is a human quality that can be maintained without a superstitious belief in any diety, and self-discipline can be maintained without the threat or fear of some impending doom. In other words, freedom from the mental slavery of religion does not necessitate a worse character; in fact, it may even foster more integrity rather than less because integrity literally means "the quality or condition of being whole or undivided"; when a person submits his or her soul (meaning "mind") completely to some indoctrination, he or she has less integrity because his or her mind is not his or her own. Moreover, when an adult totally submits to some dogma, he or she not only loses his or her integrity but such is also a loss of spiritual maturity--the reason for such loss is that being spiritually mature means being a self-reliant and benevolently responsible individual. Theistic religions tend to render its believers humble, submissive, and gullible; such believers are taught to obey--not to question or entertain any semblance of critical or creative thinking. They are told what to think and how to act.