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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Religion is irrelevant. All religion is manmade, and it therefore is a tool to do other things - some people use it to good, some people use it to do bad. What matters most is the person, not the religion (or lack thereof).

Plenty of people of faith do all kinds of abuse, evil, theft, and immorality under the cover of religion and/or god, and plenty of non-religious people have ethics and values that surpass many people of faith.

If you are an inherently crappy human being, or an inherently decent human... religion makes zero difference. [/quote]

But I think the argument as to whether or not society needs religion/suitable substitute is to address the AVERAGE human beings (which most people are)...[/quote]

It's irrelevant. It doesn't matter. People will latch on to whatever narrative fits their agendas. For example, people who are inherently selfish and greedy will latch onto the "prosperity gospel" BS even though it's pretty antithetical to Jesus. But of course you will find Christians who don't care about accumulation, and would rather give than live lavishly - the way people behave is who they would be without religion, because there are things inherently in them.

I honestly think some people are just born awful. You don't need religion, or money, or a two parent household to understand what it means to be a decent human being. Maybe these girls lacked a fundamental grounding of respect for their fellow humans, or maybe they just decided they didn't care. Regardless, both are old enough to know better. I'd rather spend resources instilling basic ethics in early childhood, than "rehabilitate" two murderous criminals.

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