Flintlock
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Ethics are scribed within both secular and divine law. Problem with secular law is that it can be changed and ethics can mean squat. Divine law - as horrid as it may seem to you - doesn't offer that luxury to anyone, unless we bring in the issues of corruption and defilement
That's where you are wrong. Ethics are universal, and unless a majority of the population turns insane, the general consensus is always right.
Any sane person would agree that killing is bad, stealing is bad, and kids need to be raised well. If people need a holy book to tell them these things, then something, somewhere, is seriously wrong.
And they don't. Successful societies never need divine books to tell them how to behave. Japan, the best example I can think of. Ethics come naturally, and can be taught in schools, and enforced through secular law. There is no need for a priest.
IMO, if mankind can do away with the holy books once and for all, it'll help us a great deal.