Reply #28: One would think

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that after two thousand years of religion based morality you would have figured out how to keep them out.

Why would anyone sign on to a system that appears to be so consistently ineffectual if not actively pernicious?

I really don't have anything against religion. In fact I think it's unavoidable if not indispensable. But the abrahamic religions in general and Christianity in particular seem adept at profiting from the evils they should decry. In a big way. When Christianity proves able to police its own ranks then it will prove to be a positive force in the culture at large.