Another prominant reason for my abandoning Christianity. We make up the goddamn rules. Then people start preaching their personal values to the masses and as a catalyst they add in the idea that you are part of something bigger, you're so special.

I've asked myself wether I am a hypocrite in this respect, as I've long pondered the time I will spend with my future child and the things I will teach him/her. If I simply taught the child my own beliefs I would defeat my own logic. But logic is all I need to teach, I realize. With logic the child will come to his or her own sensible conclusions, using what his or her senses are telling. And perhaps my child will go the way of the Atheist, the religion I subscribe to, the religion of free thinking, logic, science, and human trust.

Not really... for example what if a man (let's call him X)  is married to two women (let's call them A and B), and one of those women (let's say B)  wants to get another husbad (let' call him Y)? How do you propose to solve that issue? What would be the relationship between X and Y? What would be the relationship between A and Y? Would all the parties involved have to give consent for B and Y's marriage?If X decides to divorce would he have to pay alimony to A, B and Y?

The thing about polygamy is that it does work, but in sexist societies, where there is an inequality between genders. For example currently in the world we have polygamy in Islamic countries, but we know that women are discriminated against over there. In Western Society which aims at realising equality for everyone, polygamy would be impossible to implement, but also maintain the fairness and equality we so strive for. In the end it would all come down to group marriages which would be a legal nightmare.

I see nothing wrong or immoral about polygamy with the exception that it can be a very sexist practice.

I agree polygamy can be sexist. But to be fair, so can monogamy.

Also I don't see how the situations you are posting wouldn't be solvable under rewritten laws for marriage, divorce and alimony.

@ Rath

Well, if when same-sex marriage will be legal, monogamy will no longer be sexist (still a long time 'till that happens in my country).

I have no objections to polygamy if it's implemented well (I still think it would be a legal nightmare which would be very hard to get out of). Anyway I'm not sure popular opinion would have any weight in this issue (it being about people's rights and all).

I agree that Christianity has too many rules.  It's kinda ironic because Christianity was formed to rebel against laws and the requirements of em, but now I think Christianity has more rules than Judaism. 

I raised my kids with the morals and values given in Scripture, but I warn them about the rules of the religion.  I think that's very helpful.  I allow them to study other religions if they want and even attend other fundamental religious events.  I always remind them that if religious beliefs and rules does not meet the 'common sense' criteria, then don't believe em.  e.g. "only Christians going to heaven" - thankfully my kids don't believe in that.     I mean, did you know that most fundamentalists believe ghandi is in hell?  hahahahahha   yet a murderer in jail who accepts Christ will go to heaven.

you said ''most people are atheists to all Gods but one, but some of us just go one God further". I understood that you were talking about religions only because you said '' most people are atheists to all Gods but one'' and buddisam is not a religion so it doesnt fit into a group of people that are atheists to all Gods but one because they dont even have a God to begin with. And plus, i even said i was talking about Abrahamic religions only (which members are in THE MAJORITY in the world btw) so why you brought up the buddisam in the first place is beyond me.

I knew i sholdn ask that question.

you should be proud that your country doesnt fall for that ''equal rights'' thing and keeps the tradition between a man and a woman alive :)

I'm ashamed of my country for being so homophobic. And I find you to be extremely disgusting for what you said.

I only stopped following Catholic moral about sex, I simply can't believe God would enjoy depriving his creatures of a natural, simple and harmless pleasure (that he created BTW), but I still think it's right in most other fields.

That quote is actually a famous quote from Richard Dawkins, and I used it because it illustrates well one of the reasons that I am an atheist, it's not supposed to be taken a literally as that, I can apply the same quote to people who have many Gods. There are a lot of personal God(s) that people claim exist, I just don't think a personal God is worth believing in. Even so your claim after this was "But all people believe in the same God. (im talking about 3 major non-pagan religions) They just have diffrent cultures and diffrent book and worhsip him in the other way."

Now I showed two things to counter this point...

1. Not every non-pagan believes in the Abrahamic God, in fact many of them don't in the order of billions. This contradicts your use of the word "all", and saying that only the 3 Abrahamic religions count doesn't add anything I'm afraid as the world of non-pagans extends way past these.

2. Population sizes don't matter anyway. I can have 99% of the world accept something, but it doesn't make it correct. It may supersede my first point, but it's true.

Now you seem to be obsessing over making me define what a religion is, even though it does not effect my argument in anyway . I keep repeating myself now, but whether Buddhism is a religion or not it doesn't matter because it is still half a billion non-pagans who don't subscribe to the Abrahamic God.

Even so, let's get down to the bottom line of my point. What makes the Abrahamic God more valid than all other Gods?