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Hi Katie,
I am glad to see you posting here
and hope Adland (someday) fixes it so you (and others who want to) can join my forums and post there as well. (As others have not been able to either.)
For around TWO HOURS on Wed. they did put the JOIN FORUM links on my two forums and then Whoosh, they were gone.
(Very frustrating to say the least.)
As far as there being more religious people in the world, there will most probably always be UNTIL more people get higher educations AND IF religious parents (and others) STOP the programming of their children.
ALL religions I know of are like the Catholic Church which says:
"Give me a Child until the Age of Six and They Are Mine Forever."
(And somewhere in the Bible is a similar statement. Just forget where right now..)
Now we know this is not 100% true or there would not be millions of us who were programmed from a little to A LOT who have rejected religion as nothing more than a very childish superstition.
What amazes me is even though religious people start the indoctrination of their children at a very young age (some as fetus) and continue it as long as the child lives in the home, they refuse to to accept the fact they have programmed their children.
(Or that they are programmed.)
Something I have observed over my life is religious people are just as rational and logical as non-religious people on any subject OTHER than their OWN religion.
When it comes to their OWN religion, nearly all religious people totally lose all ability to be logical and rational.
I submit Christians & Jews agree Moslem children are programmed or how could they go blow themselves and others up?
Yet most Christians and Jews will refuse to admit they are programmed or that they program their children.
Of course, those of us who have successfully DE-programmed ourselves know better.
We have, "Been There, Done That."
May I suggest an excellent book to you? It is written by one of the most intelligent people in the world, (as proven by his IQ being in the top .0098%) Dan Barker.
Dan WAS a Christian youth leader for many years, a sone composer who wrote over 100 Christian songs. (Songs which sell so well and earn the publishing house so much money, they will not let Dan remove them from circulation.)
And Dan was also a Christian Minister for many years who "Saved many souls" during all those years as a minister.
(Dan has most likely forgotten more about the Christian religion than most Christians will ever even come close to learning. Of course that's true for many other Atheists as well.)
Anywho, one of Dan's great books on religion is called: "Losing Faith in Faith, From Preacher to Atheist" (At least I think that is the entire name.)
You can get it from FFRF, (the Freedom From Religion Foundation)
at: http://www.ffrf.org/
Dan is one of the four brightest people I have ever met and all four are Atheists.
Sorry to ramble on for so long only I am very passionate on this subject due to all the damage I see and/or read about religious differences doing every day.
Like how many people were blown up in Iraq today? How many people in Lebanon were killed today? Over what? Differences in religious beliefs!
(While those at the top may be in seach of power, those who are actually doing it would not be were it not for religion.)
Please, Take Care!
Neil
"A Grumpy Old Son Of A Beach!"
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