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Why are 'YOU' following a religion?
You are following a religion you parents followed, correct? (did they or anyone give you the option to explore other religions). Have you ever read writings from other religions than you own?
Are you unable to live a happy/peaceful/fulfilling life with the thought that there is no higher power (god/gods) or a afterlife (hell/heaven)?
I think religion should not be forced (or banned) to be taught in school or even to children, instead of that schools should teach 'Ethics' without the religious aspects (without the supernatural, old history, poems in other languages, and stories). Ethics that would include all the major religions key points (Don't kill, Ethics of reciprocity, not stealing, etc) and why (not because you will go to hell, because it deprives society as a whole, etc).
Discuss
Actually why don't you take a step further and be a free thinker, free your self. Read religious texts for all religions, take the good, drop the rest. Just because your a Atheist, does not mean you can't celebrate holidays (I celebrate all religious holidays, their cool) or can't go to temples or places (I find them to be very peaceful places to think and brainstorm).
"Good people will continue to do good things, and bad people will continue to do bad things. But religion is the only thing that can make a good person commit a bad action"
Why are 'YOU' following a religion?
You are following a religion you parents followed, correct? (did they or anyone give you the option to explore other religions). Have you ever read writings from other religions than you own?
Are you unable to live a happy/peaceful/fulfilling life with the thought that there is no higher power (god/gods) or a afterlife (hell/heaven)?
I think religion should not be forced (or banned) to be taught in school or even to children, instead of that schools should teach 'Ethics' without the religious aspects (without the supernatural, old history, poems in other languages, and stories). Ethics that would include all the major religions key points (Don't kill, Ethics of reciprocity, not stealing, etc) and why (not because you will go to hell, because it deprives society as a whole, etc).
Discuss
Actually why don't you take a step further and be a free thinker, free your self. Read religious texts for all religions, take the good, drop the rest. Just because your a Atheist, does not mean you can't celebrate holidays (I celebrate all religious holidays, their cool) or can't go to temples or places (I find them to be very peaceful places to think and brainstorm).
"Good people will continue to do good things, and bad people will continue to do bad things. But religion is the only thing that can make a good person commit a bad action"
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