It's not a good thing to teach kids a religious-morality with the expectation that they will become atheist/agnostic later. If the only reason we behave morally is that "God is watching", then this will cause problems if the person becomes an atheist/agnostic (will become moral-relativists once they lose religion). A better morality is one that is based in empathy, and understanding the consequences of immoral behavior (on the self and society). Religion creates a pseudo-morality which is dangerous if people stop believing in the religion. A secular-based morality works with rationality.
Moral-behavior is behavior that is beneficial to the functionality of society, immoral-behavior is behavior that is harmful to the functionality of society.
The only down-side of this is that it requires more thought than the "I better not do it because God will be mad" morality of religions like Christianity, Islam, etc.
Moral-behavior is behavior that is beneficial to the functionality of society, immoral-behavior is behavior that is harmful to the functionality of society.
The only down-side of this is that it requires more thought than the "I better not do it because God will be mad" morality of religions like Christianity, Islam, etc.
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