I wouldn't really say there is any real discussion.
One side tries to assert their position as true, the other side is pretty much asking for evidence.
Obviously they are unable to provide evidence... So their position is lauded as ludicrous. - And rightfully so.

One thing that really does irk me is religion in our education system, asking a couple of relatively simple questions from my best friends kids just got the response of "God did it". - I feel that religion really does breed ignorance sometimes... Especially from literal theists (And there are lots!) who believe in the Bible/Torah/Quran in a literal sense, right down to the Earth being a hilariously few thousand years old.

Ironically... Now that we have a religious conservative leading our country... They have just thrown billions of dollars towards religious schools to try and buy the religious/conservative vote... This is at a time when religion is on the decline in this country, so I find it to be counter productive.

I would honestly believe the world would be a better place without religion to be honest.

Please have faith in Jesus Christ. Tomorrow is not gauranteed.
Jesus said ""Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters."" Luke 11:23

Well you said please, so I guess I'm convinced.

Honestly though, provide evidence and I'll believe you.  Otherwise I won't.

Yes.

No,but I think it's good to have faith.

Yeah, I'm catholic. I had catechism as a kid.

Until some years ago, I was very skeptic about God. But in 2017, after some mental problems, I decided to to try and frequent more church. It helped to clear my mind, so I decided to be a bit more into religion.

Also had catechism as a child but we did not really have a choice.

I find it curious you decided to go to church to try to clear your mind after being so sceptical about it,do you live in a community with a lot of churchgoers that may have influenced you to do that or was this decision solely your own ?

How do you define faith, and why is it a good thing when it comes to god?  Would it be good in other aspects of life?  For example, to have faith in politicians?

I'm catholic because of my parents, but they never forced me into it. When I was a kid, I enjoyed going to church and catechism with my friends and family. When I entered my early adult years, I stopped caring about religion. I didn't became atheist or anything, I just stopped it.

However, when I found out that I had mental illness, my mom suggested me to start going to church again (and of course, taking my medicine too). I accepted, and to my surprise, the Catholic Mass was quite relaxing, and helped me to calm down. I even talked to the priest about my problems, and he suggested me to trust my psychiatrist. I guess you find some sort of confort believing in God.

To answer your question, I have some very religious friends, but they are from other religions. One of them, when I was ill, asked me to go with him to his church. I went, but... Somehow, I didn't feel good there. Also, his mom was clearly trying to get me out of catholicism, so it was kind of a weird situation.

Oh alright so you were never really seperated from that religion but you only had a looser bond with it for a while and that made you more able to feel closely connected to it again when you needed peace of mind.

How did you found out you had mental illness and why did you not notice that at first stead,were you unaware of being depressed for a while or did this involve influence from others?