Religion to me is like a virus... When you are a child American Society plants seeds of fear in you to slowly turn you into a sheep. Do not question - Do not live; In God we trust and so shall you! OBEY!
It is astonishing the people religion still controls to this day.
Paul "your bullshit makes the flowers grow"
Interesting you would say that because I tend to think that the opposite is true. Society plants into the minds of children the theories of evolution or the big bang but not religion or creationism. From there, its up the parents to how they want to bring up their kids on the home front. Even as a Christian myself, I think I know almost equal amounts of non-believers compared to Christians or believers of another faith. Atleast that is my personal observation.Originally Posted by Paul
Simply put, don't blame society for what your parents should or shouldn't have done. Nor should you blame your parents for what society taught or failed to teach you. Rather look in the mirror and find out where you've failed to show up, then you can analyze from there what needs to be done next.
Everyone has faith in something, the question is simply in what? Yourself? Education? God? Buddha? The Pope? Obama?... Everyone has faith.
I think it is becoming less/less christian specially in metropolitan areas, but i went to elementary/middle school in TN and it was far from open minded. evolution is taught b/c it is science; creation has no place in modern science teachings where it has been mentioned is nothing more than Religious Reich trying to control society. It is much like adding "one nation under God" to our pledge or "in God we trust" to our money. What ever happened to separation of church and state?
I have to say my family was lucky b/c my parents walked away from church a long time ago - they allowed us to explore what we thought was the right path for us, but in knowing that i still grew up seeing far more Christian injection than non Christian.
Paul "your bullshit makes the flowers grow"
Church and state are supposed to be seperate but unfortunately, our gov. fuks that up along with almost every other thing they attempt.
My mother, a christian, also allowed me freedom to think for myself and find my own beliefs and to live life with a truly open mind.
i think ppl that have faith in religion, whether it be any religion, are at the very least partially blind to the truth and to having the ability to look at things unbiased and outside the box. Most believers have been so conditioned that they're faith is right they completely ignore and dismiss any type of oposing point of view or idea. With that ignorant mindset how can one educate oneself and truly embark on a quest to educate oneself?
btw paul, I met you @ the audi meet, nice to start putting some faces with names.
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