You don't think it's at all telling that people who supposedly should be learning from prophets and saviors and trying to follow the goodness of god, are actually LESS likely to follow those types of teachings?
I mean isn't this what the religious right keeps telling us? That atheists and liberals have no morals? Yet they're more likely to snub their savoir's teachings?
I mean yeah, it's not highly scientific, nor is it a huge gap, but I really wish more people who constantly complain about the state of morality would take a good hard look in the mirror.
Religion isn't about values, and it isn't about doing what's right. It's about control. It always has been, and always will be. Whether it's controlling large nations, or just the people in your household. It's about getting people to do what you want to do and more importantly, think the way you want them to think.
The funny thing is when religion starts to have less influence on a society, you usually see more freedoms, fairness, and morality. Not less. If you're to afraid to look at examples close to home, you can at least look at the effect religion has in the middle east, and how it's used.
I bet they'd be ok with torture too.
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