Whereas children in religious households learn to act out of obedience to a watchful higher power, children raised in secular homes could be taught to follow moral rules just because it's «the right thing to do,» he says. (sciencemag.org)
As someone who grew up in an entirely secular home, with no time spent in church or Sunday school, I've just never been especially susceptible to Satanic - possession stories, which count on at least a smidgeon of Old Testament fear. (film.avclub.com)