Yep I agree with both of you.
I firmly believe the only civil way to rid ourselves of them is through education. But we're shooting blanks with most mature Christians because they have already chosen their path and you can understand how they wouldn't see very kindly on us for attempting to rid them of this. Whether or not we think it is wrong for them to try shove doctrine down our throats, we simply cannot assume the right to do anything but tell them they're wrong. Unless of course, they begin taking the Bible literally in their own defence and what not.
Ok, we have the obligation to rid ourselves of this plague. But the only real course of action is through education in schools. Children have the right to be taught the controversy and not to be indoctrinated by their parents. If they wish to choose religion then it's up to them. But as time progresses, those numbers will fall as they will realise they're alone and what they believe in doesn't agree with the rest of their education. Parents who manipulate their own children to believe their own confusing and contradictory doctrine clearly don't know what they're doing to their children. This is a world of reason and logic, not superstition. We as a race have no hope of prosperity if this keeps up. Yes, we have an obligation to fix this but we have to remember, we have to do this civilly or things may not turn out the way we wish them to.
I firmly believe the only civil way to rid ourselves of them is through education. But we're shooting blanks with most mature Christians because they have already chosen their path and you can understand how they wouldn't see very kindly on us for attempting to rid them of this. Whether or not we think it is wrong for them to try shove doctrine down our throats, we simply cannot assume the right to do anything but tell them they're wrong. Unless of course, they begin taking the Bible literally in their own defence and what not.
Ok, we have the obligation to rid ourselves of this plague. But the only real course of action is through education in schools. Children have the right to be taught the controversy and not to be indoctrinated by their parents. If they wish to choose religion then it's up to them. But as time progresses, those numbers will fall as they will realise they're alone and what they believe in doesn't agree with the rest of their education. Parents who manipulate their own children to believe their own confusing and contradictory doctrine clearly don't know what they're doing to their children. This is a world of reason and logic, not superstition. We as a race have no hope of prosperity if this keeps up. Yes, we have an obligation to fix this but we have to remember, we have to do this civilly or things may not turn out the way we wish them to.
"We need not a God; just another human being to give life a meaning. For people are truly all people have" author unknown
