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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
Good and evil are a man made belief. Certantly we hope that children are taught to be good, and organized religion has been there to teach people what is "right" and what is "wrong". You blame it for all of lifes evils while ignoring that it has also historically been an outlet to express the good things in life.
Where religion fails is where mankind fails - his lust for power, for money, for control. As a man made creation, religion is prone to the same inherent flaws as exists in man. You cannot separate the two, especially when, as I mentioned, violence and evil are very much a secular problem.
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If you teach a child a lie...IF you teach a child that if he prays for something to a God that is nothing more than a figment of relaity...how is this teaching positive beliefs? If you teach a child that a man took 2 of every animal and put them on a boat while an all loving goD destroyed everything he created, this teaches the child what? Can man not teach values without a theistic canon attached? Lust for power and control has always been the churches failure.