Religion Pros And Cons

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Children growing up in religious families are thrust into the ways and belief systems of the church. Usually, children that are born into religious families are baptized before they ever have a chance to question the beliefs of the church they are being baptized into. Religion is based purely on faith in a higher omniscient power. No one has ever seen this power, but yet have complete faith that it exists. In order to continue this thought process, believers must get others to believe, the easiest of those being their children. Children are easily moldable and have an aspiration to be just like whomever their adult influence is. This, is perfect for the continuation of religion. While influence of the church on children can be a good thing, it can also create confusion and promote an intolerance of all kinds of people.

Starting in the book of Genesis the bible seemingly defines every general situation of life and how a good Christian should react to them. One of the main issues brought up by many when discussing the bible are the Christian views of homosexuality. Children are taught at a young age that homosexuality is a sin and is not acceptable. While the bible states that intercourse with another man is a sin, it also states that eating pork or wearing clothing woven from two different kinds of material. If "God" has set these rules …show more content…

One of these is that the Bible sets a basic guideline of morals for humans to live by. This is the Ten Commandments. The Commandments outlaw things such as theft, envy and slander. These are all basic morals that any good person should have, not just Christians. Parents can teach these guidelines to their children without the influence of church and be just fine but the fear of condemnation to hell is often enough to somewhat deter children from breaking any of the

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