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To: Little Joe who wrote (150268)	11/15/2010 3:18:09 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 543140

I don't know who called you a racist about out of wedlock births. The statistics are quite clear that babies born to poor single mothers are pretty much doomed, and (sadly) these babies are statistically more likely to be black than white, but knowing the numbers should not make anyone "racist". And secular people do think social problems are at the root of our problems. Speaking for myself, I just happen to think the social problems can't be cured by more Jesus. Oddly, many of the families in the inner cities get quite a lot of Jesus, but it doesn't do much for them. What they need is a culture that truly values education. Some religions have that- the Jews, the Mormons- but many religions (the evangelicals, for example) don't seem particulary hot on educational attainment. Since statistically education is a great way to prevent poverty and crime, maybe the culture we should be pushing is a culture of education. That actually might work- and it's secular, so everyone, regardless of their religious prefernences, could play. Isn't that special?

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