[Alouette]

I see people who go to church every week screw people in business all during the week and yet hold themselves out to be good people.

I see many people who never set foot in a temple or church yet are the best people on earth.

I see people who are religiously very devout and who live lives of decency, kindness, and love.

I see people who don't believe in any religion who are alcoholics, adulterers, wife beaters, pedophiles and murderers. And those are the celebrities!

You argument that SOME people who don't belong to a church are "better" (a subjective judgment at best) than SOME people who do belong to a church, is irrelevant.

[chris1]

My point was that going to church and claiming to be a religious person does not make it so. How you treat your fellow man is a far more important indicator of someone than their religious affiliation.