Religion is not the only value system. My morals and ethics probably overlap yours to a very high degree. That your system is grounded in faith and mine is not makes no difference. I am pro-life, I am anti-tax, I think cheating is wrong, I am a committed husband and father, I don't swear in front of children, etc. I don't derive these morals from a faith in god but from an application of reason.
God Bless you my friend and I am praying for you and yours
>>Religion is not the only value system......I don't derive these morals from a faith in god but from an application of reason.<<
Religion is not the only value system, but it is the MAIN value system for most people in America and the world.
Most people are not educated enough to be able to engage in the abstract high level reasoning, needed to formulate a set of secular moral values which to live under.
Simple religious teachings work for most people.