1. So the world has always embraced homosexuality?

2. So the world's children have always been insolent to their parents?

3. So Syria has always been in ruins??

4. So Haiti, Pakistan, Indonesia Japan, China, Chile style earthquakes/tsunamis happen every decade?

5. So Jerusalem has always been split into two?

etc? etc?

I am not intolerant to other people's beliefs, i just think that religion is detrimental to humanity.....and yes, it's stupid to me that someone would actually believe in talking snakes and people turning water into wine. I have no apologies for thinking that things like that are stupid.

False hope is the worst thing that you can offer. I am a realist. Society failed that child but by telling the mum that they will meet some day is disingenuous. You would rather nor say anything than offer false hope. It might sound a little harsh but the truth is that the child was most probably eaten by a vulture. I obviously wouldn't tell his mother that because that would be painfully cruel and very insensitive but fact is that that is probably what happened. We can't hide reality. It just is what it is. Do i feel sorry and heartbroken for the child and his mum? If you have been following my posts about kids you will know that i have a soft spot in my heart for disadvantaged kids, so yes, i feel bad, but life is not fair, life can be cruel, we need to accept that and seek ways to make it more fair so that we never have to see a picture like that ever again. Religion, prayers and gods are not the answers, protecting, feeding and loving kids like that is the answer.

Psalm 53:1

It's both interesting and 'sad' that both theists and atheists are bent on doing away not just which other, but with secularism.

In the first place @AlphDoti is saying that he's against secularism because girls are walking naked and doing other immoral things, and that governments should now intervene in such matters, and do away with democracy and pluralism. It smells of al Shabaab or Taliban agenda, but now we are past such solutions, and in fact, that such calls are being made implies failed religions. Why? What hope is there in the world religions for Man? I see none whatsoever, even the Buddhist is burning himself in protest.

As for the atheists who believe there's something distinctive in taking care of children, I can only say that one doesn't have to be an atheist to take care of your children. You only need to be a donkey, a dog, or some other animal. But being human means something more. What is this thing? It's seed is not just in diversity, but communication in love. Communal reasoning, mutual relationships, and infinite power and wisdom.

So does this thread seek to have Govts of the world to abandon Secularism for Theocracy!

Whoever said religion is the opium of the masses!!