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How does The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill develop the theme of Religion and Skepticism?

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The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill by John Stuart Mill develops Religion and Skepticism across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

Mill discusses his father's rejection of religious belief on moral grounds, and his own skeptical view of organized religion, arguing that true morality and progress require freeing thought from dogmatic superstition.

Mill's father rejected religious belief on moral grounds, viewing it as a great moral evil, and this shaped Mill's own early irreligious upbringing.

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    Mill's father rejected religious belief on moral grounds, viewing it as a great moral evil, and this shaped Mill's own early irreligious upbringing.

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