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hueymahl

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11. For you, and for many

Reply to weissmam (Reply #9)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 10:14 AM

Aug 2015

But not all. I am essentially atheist, but I appreciate the peace and comfort religion brings to many of those around me. And I respect how the rituals tie you to prior generations, make you aware of others. No need to respond with all the bad things people have done in the name of religion, I have read it all. But religion per se is not uniformly bad. And for many, it fills a great need and helps stabilize them in a difficult world.

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What Happens When You Raise Kids With No Religion? [View all] Quixote1818 Aug 2015 OP

K&R abelenkpe Aug 2015 #1

Here's the article thesquanderer Aug 2015 #2

Thanks for the link. nt Quixote1818 Aug 2015 #23

While I agree with the study passiveporcupine Aug 2015 #3

Reminds me of Madeline O'Hare. Archae Aug 2015 #4

Christopher Hitchens was a drunken asshole. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #16

Limited reading experience stillrockin67 Aug 2015 #22

You need to read "God Is Not Great." AlbertCat Aug 2015 #24

My bad! stillrockin67 Aug 2015 #25

I apologize for my denseness. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #27

I didn't find him THAT over-the-top. kag Aug 2015 #5

I didn't find him THAT over-the-top. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #17

I was raised in a secular home Lorien Aug 2015 #6

sad what happened to your mom flygal Aug 2015 #7

Sorry about your mother.. mountain grammy Aug 2015 #10

If we are fortunate enough to reach our "golden years," and thus closer to death, maddiemom Aug 2015 #13

Depends in part on the kid and in part on what you DO raise the kid with. merrily Aug 2015 #8

Parents are just part of a kid's environment. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #18

religion weissmam Aug 2015 #9

For you, and for many hueymahl Aug 2015 #11

And for many, it fills a great need and helps stabilize them in a difficult world. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #19

Churches, for good or ill, give people a family. roody Aug 2015 #12

Churches, for good or ill, give people a family. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #20

Worse than that, it trains people to think irrationally which is dangerous. nt ladjf Aug 2015 #26

"Lighthouses are more useful than churches," Ben Franklin IHateTheGOP Aug 2015 #14

Our daughter asked us, when she was in third grade, central scrutinizer Aug 2015 #15

Rec! progressoid Aug 2015 #21