Religion talk is a little like car talk. When I went to our country Baptist church us kids huddled around and the smart kids could blurt out Matthew, Mark,Luke and John by the numbers. Why? It's training. I know that some of those kids went on to be very successful in life. I'm going to quote Yuval Noah Harari because I'm reading his book a lot.
-The Mauryan Empire in the 3rd century BC took as its mission the dissemination of Buddha's teachings to an ignorant world. The Muslim caliphs received a divine mandate to spread the Prophet's revelation, peacefully if possible but by the sword if necessary.- [and if you got a little swag OK].
-It is the first worlds moral obligation to bring the benefits of democracy and human rights to the third world even if it takes cruise missiles and F-16's- We, at least me, knows that's ahh...
Religion is mythical. It was what was invented and used to set the masses (and little kids) straight. Now we are too smart for that, or too lazy to learn a little of it. Teach your children well. Let them make their own decisions. But a little of it hangs on and that can't hurt.
Last edited by dryheat; 05-09-2023 at 12:04.
If I should die before I wake...great,a little more sleep.