RELIGN X SLVRY "Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg reminds us that religion doesn’t have a great track record on morality either. For hundreds of years, religion co-existed quite happily with slavery, says Weinberg, and when it was finally abolished – slavery, that is – it was because of the progressive changes happening in society at the time, and not because of any moral imperative raised by religion."

"Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg reminds us that religion doesn’t have a great track record on morality either. For hundreds of years, religion co-existed quite happily with slavery, says Weinberg, and when it was finally abolished – slavery, that is – it was because of the progressive changes happening in society at the time, and not because of any moral imperative raised by religion."