Quote:Religion can be a good thing??
Yes.
(April 7, 2011 at 7:07 am)Chico97 Wrote: Hi All,
I'm an atheist from Australia, and this is my first post here.
Hello, and you are correct ^_^
Quote:What prompted me to look for atheist forums and post is something I saw on TV recently that I would like to discuss. I saw a guy that used to be a criminal/gangster. He killed, extorted money, used kids to deal drugs, etc etc. Anyway, he now has given up his bad ways, has a good job that he is proud of, a family, basically is an upstanding citizen and a contributor to his community. He says he is like this now because he found God. Now, of course, he is wrong, BUT, if there was no religion he would still be a criminal, and basically being an unwanted part of society. So, it seems to me that, in this case at least, that religion is a good thing.
No, he would not still be a criminal if there were no religions. He is clearly a person that feels guilt for what he did, and wants a way out of it that means he doesn't have to face himself so hard (jesus). It would be much better for him to "become?" a decent(?) citizen without such.
Quote:What does everyone else think about this?
Since I of course presume to speak for everyone, everyone says it is awesome and we should party and what were we talking about again?
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
