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Poland's John Paul the Great canonisation this year [177]
Just let's forget your negative view of the Church for the sake of disucssion for a moment
This is something I cannot do, as I'm not a religious person. Religions (most of them), basically, are about the personification of a deity, and all the 'rites' and customs that result from it, something I don't, can't adhere to.
I keep thinking values are not the sole property of religions. The best example I can find is myself, I hope this doesn't sound too pretentious, and if it does, it doesn't matter, as long as it illustrates my thinking. My family is not religious, but we respect others, show tolerance and open-mindedness, regularly give money to charities.
Actually, I can think of many people around me who seem to have the same values. Even tho they never followed any of the Church teachings. Their education made them be who they are now. The way I see it, parents are the first in line when it comes to the education of their children (obvious, right?), schools are too often incompetent in many fields.
Of course, parents need to be educated first, before taking care of the education of their kids.
The countries considered the 'best to live in' have no state religion (but freedom to practise any religion), and usually an excellent educational system.