Broke my Heart...

[Creed of Heresy]

Heh, John. John, John, John...

Hurt me with the truth, don't comfort me with a lie. Better to die free than live a slave.

[Zone]

Jews don't particularly have to believe in a literal God or anything supernatural if they don't want to it's more just a cool cultural identity for them. I don't really see the pressing need to wipe all vestages of any distinctive human culture from the world. I wouldn't even feel like wiping out all belief in the supernatural or UFO alien abduction stories, ghosts, astrology, bigfoot or whatever stuff people get into, as long as they don't use it for political influence or telling people who they should sleep and in what position.

[Ryantology]

It just made me sad to think of his chances of escaping the beliefs of his parents.

Why?

Religious people tend to be happier and may live longer.
http://atheistforums.org/newreply.php?tid=16962

You should be sad for kids who aren't religious.

I can imagine Tomas de Torquemada telling people this.

[Zone]

I'm not sure why religious people would be that interested in living longer it seems like delaying the enjoyment of the post death experience they know all about.

[Cyberman]

Apparently God isn't all that keen for his followers to join him.

[KichigaiNeko]

I understand what you are saying festive. It IS saddening, in a world that is hard enough without adding to a child's potential misery.

[Angrboda]

"Now, I think it's a little early to start imposing roles on it, don't you?"

[Jackalope]

Apparently God isn't all that keen for his followers to join him.

Can you blame him?

[Minimalist]

I'm not sure why religious people would be that interested in living longer it seems like delaying the enjoyment of the post death experience they know all about.

Perhaps ultimately because they are full of shit?

[John V]

Oops, sorry for the bad link.
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2006/02/1...happy-yet/

People who attend religious services weekly or more are happier (43% very happy) than those who attend monthly or less (31%); or seldom or never (26%). This correlation between happiness and frequency of church attendance has been a consistent finding in the General Social Surveys taken over the years...

[And while we're there...]

Some 45% of all Republicans report being very happy, compared with just 30% of Democrats and 29% of independents. This finding has also been around a long time; Republicans have been happier than Democrats every year since the General Social Survey began taking its measurements in 1972...

Married people (43% very happy) are a good bit happier than unmarrieds (24%) and this too has been a consistent finding over many years and many surveys.