| Re: Teaching religion in school.
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Originally Posted by Cephus  Anything that causes an individual to accept things about reality that are not demonstrably true, anything that causes people to think that imaginary friends are responsible for the wellbeing of the world, anything that leads people to live on their knees instead of actually doing things on their feet, is bad. | I used to believe this were true but I have come to realize its highly impractical. Most people want and need religion. Its the best form of "social order and control for dummies"® and it works. Perhaps it will become deprecated (or a verifiable religion will emerge) but until then I think the positive impacts far outweigh the negative given the IQ of the average person today.
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