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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Canada must be nice. In the states we're subjected to an absolute onslaught of religious - mostly Christian - influence. It affects how we treat gay people, how we process science and climate change, how guilty we should feel about ourselves, and it also suppresses human nature and healthy sexuality. So that's it. I wish people could look past the fairytales about burning bushes, talking snakes, stoning gays, and the like and understand that you can still be a good, moral person without this stuff.[/quote]

Canada is lovely, yes.  And there are countless atheists and agnostics who are good, moral people.  That said, of course (1) much of what we deem "good" and "moral" is derived from our religious foundations, commandments, and beatitudes, and (2) one not need believe in God to also believe in the fundamental goodness of Judeo-Christian moral teachings.

But as for the rest of your ignorant post, let's just say I will pray for your well-being. [/quote]

1) much of what we deem good and moral predates organized religion and can be found in the behavior of other primates, as recent studies have shown.

2) There is both good and bad -- some really horrible stuff - in Judeo-Christian teachings.  They are not needed to lead a good life, as witnessed by the many non- and former Christians and Jews who live very moral lives without religion.[/quote]

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