(January 6, 2015 at 7:17 am)robvalue Wrote: To me it also seems like a regression into a child like state, where you give you up your own morals and careful criticism in favour of an authority figure who just does all your thinking for you.But rob, remember that religious people's morals grow side-by-side with with the authority figure. They end up agreeing.
That's why it's so common for them to claim that, without religion, there would be nothing preventing them from being criminals.