Religion facilitates abuse? I am no more likely to be abusive as a Christian than any atheist. But when it's put into the context of a religious discussion it indicts all of us. If I was to say that I have a brother in law who is an atheist who has been abusive to his kids while discussing this same subject, I would be telling you that only religious people are capable of taking care of the kids properly because without God in their lives, they tend to be abusive. It would be inaccurate, unsupported and just plain wrong. A lot has been made of how things are being said in this thread. If you don't think that this thread has been full of attacks and generalizations, I think you may need to read it again.

Frank