The best possible bride is of course young, beautiful, compliant and virginal. That's how religions trap men. Lock up the hymens of the young beautiful girls and make the men commit to the religion before they can marry their daughters.

Why do the Jews, Catholics and Muslims insist that any children they have are brought up in the faith? Because they put the promotion of their brand of religion above the happiness of their children and grandchildren. Lives are meant to be lived properly for the sake of old ideas that cannot survive except by using mind control techniques and scaring away competitors, not so that people enjoy them. So they will raise daughters to ensnare men, protect them with honour codes that put a ridiculous value on virginity and ensure that the daughters have all the ammunition necessary to indoctrinate the next generation.

It's time the atheists fought back.

Insist that nobody can marry your daughter without promising to bring the children up as freethinkers.

Watch them squeal at your unreasonableness. Watch them cough and splutter when you point out theirs.

Of course this blackmail technique only works if you have something the young couple want, that is why religions love people with lands, titles, businesses, contacts and wealth of all kinds, it gives leverage to keep the young bucks in line. It is no coincidence that the visual badges of religious membership are far more commonly worn by young women than young men. That veil, that crucifix is there to mark out the territory. Hands off. You can't spread those legs without spreading her religion.

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