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From: ravi@flairvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Some questions on religion
Message-ID: <133@flairvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Jun-83 21:17:14 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 14 21:17:14 1983
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   Hi there,

   I need to know how you people out there in the net world feel about the
   following issues.


      1. What is Atheism?.

         Is it another religion?. Preaching and practicing how not to 
         believe in religion?. In which case it is another religion again.
	 What is the purpose of atheism?. 

      
      2. children and religion

	 Why should the children be taught religion?. Expose them to the 
	 choices and they may choose a different religion from their parents
	 (May be become non-believers) or better yet- don't teach them, let
	 them do it as they grow up. It appears to me that parents bias them
	 just because they think it is right. (??)

	
      3. Which religion is better?.

	 On what basis a religion is considered better?. Why is that followers
	 of another religion are considered heretics?.
	
	 one possibility - all of them misinformed ??.



   With so many religions it is hard to believe that god(?) has anything to do
   with all this religious stuff. If there are so many gods they must either 
   be fighting amongst themselves (just like us) and don't have time to listen
   all the prayers etc.. or they must be getting really amused at the way we
   we are all behaving.
   
   a non-believer.

         Ravi