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Originally Posted by Cheese
And Im sure all parental decisions are correct? As you mentioned religious programming didnt do anything for you....but Im sure it has made many children paranoid of an afterlife? Im sure youve met a few?
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Honestly, I can't say that I have.
For someone that purports to know enought about religion to brand them all stupid, you sure come off as seeing only the stereotypical view of this subject.
Most of the people I know are a lot like me. Basically good people, and not overly concerned with going through the motions of Chruch etc, because they think that afterlife or not trying to do the right thing is a good way to live your life.
Those who I do know that are really religous (Catholic, Protestant, Muslim) are not that way out of fear, and don't teach fear to their children. Cheezy as it sounds, the message of the Catholic Church is love, not fear, and I'd imagine most of the other mainstream, and not the "extreme right, creationist, bible is literal types" are generally the same. I've never once heard a "Fire and brimstone" speach.
I'm not religious, and I'm not going to take my kids to church, but I will send them to a Cahtolic school because I think that gives them a good balance of education, and Morality, and if they have questions, i'll be well equiped to answer them. See Cheese, unlike as you seem to believe, some of us sheep are capable of rational thought, and that doens't mean that we can't see some value in teachings such as "Don't kill your neighbour".