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The killings may have ended, but the lessons of the Mallus* remain - any who practice witchcraft are in league with satan and must be damned for their crimes. Get real. The pagan religions pre-date christianity by 2000 years... Just because a religion is "brand new" and "improved" doesn't make it right.
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You make it sound like washing powder "now with twice the salvation!(tm)"
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but the vast majority of Christians raise their kids to be Christian. Kids don't have the mental faculties to understand philosophy. So they just believe what they're told. These kinds of Christians are what i'd call brainwashed.
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Very, very true. Few months ago a long time friend of mine (extremely bright, duxed her school, now doing arts-law) convinced me to come along with her to her church youth group thing...well. There are about 3-4 people on her level, extremely articulate, intelligent rational thinkers. The rest were the most depressing bunch of mindless drones i've ever been unlucky enough to come across. My friend has since left the church (and is in a kind of religious limbo) but damn..that was scary. I got the impression from various group discussion they couldn't form a rational argument between them without some serious prompting.