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Society does not need religion to do the right thing. You do not have to replace religion with anything more than do what you have been taught is right. That is what people do anyway. Christianity has taken basic common sense and made it into a religion. I don't think we need religion in our society in order to reduce rape, murder and crime in general. We need common sense taught to our children. Facts should not be clouded by bumper sticker phrases from The Bible that have thousands of interpretations. I think we underestimate people when we think they need religion in order to be good for our society. That is a big, fat, pat on the head of someone you think can't be good and needs more of a reason to be good than good people do. On an individual basis, if you need to believe in something in order to have morals and convictions, that's fine. That is human behaviour. We can't imagine this is it. It feels alot better to feel positive that we are here for a reason not yet known than to take things at face value and admit all we know is what is real.
Jamespowers, freedom from religion does not mean you can't wear a crusifix. It means the government does not make it's decisions based on religion. I think we all know of our President telling us he has made decisions based on "talking to God". That is way too similar to the Taliban thought process. Of course our Presidents desicions have not been as horrible as the Taliban decisions and I in no way want to compare the Taliban to our President but when decisions are made with religion as the basis, it seems just as wacky. That is one of the ways I would say we don't have freedom FROM religion. We should have a society that uses common sense and calculations to make serious decisions, not religious beliefs.
Jamespowers, freedom from religion does not mean you can't wear a crusifix. It means the government does not make it's decisions based on religion. I think we all know of our President telling us he has made decisions based on "talking to God". That is way too similar to the Taliban thought process. Of course our Presidents desicions have not been as horrible as the Taliban decisions and I in no way want to compare the Taliban to our President but when decisions are made with religion as the basis, it seems just as wacky. That is one of the ways I would say we don't have freedom FROM religion. We should have a society that uses common sense and calculations to make serious decisions, not religious beliefs.