To me that just demonstrates how backward some religions are. How anyone can justify treating a child like that I dont know.

There is only one true religion and that is the force of nature. It amazes me how thinking from 2000+yrs ago and beyond - that was created to help man grasp the complexities of life - still goes on purely due to the fact that it cant be disproved.

Sadly that kind of thinking and 'belief' does start the wars but then again perhaps we need wars at the moment as there is no other force preventing us breeding to the point where we leave the planet as a relative desert. So perhaps in actual fact religion is nature - forcing things back into balance. Life is intriguing!