This is a heavy responsibility, especially for children. The guilty induction can vary in intensity, depending how the message is presented, but the bottom line is that the Son of God had to come to Earth and die a horrible death because of our failings. There are ten church members by inheritance for every one by conviction. He is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong. No one is completely free from either, but in the measure of a man's emancipation he deserves to be called a free thinker.
Religions deal with powerful human fears and drives - the fear of death and the drive to sex .
A religion can become very successful by manipulating these forces. By talking constantly of death the charismatic leader or priesthood of a religion can appear to control death. When the priest offers sacrifices of dead people or animals he can give the impression of controlling death. A death is right at the heart of Christianity in the crucifixion - a fascinating and barbaric spectacle of pain and suffering which Christians are asked to contemplate in their weekly or daily worship. Certainly, it has as its central focus the notion of control over the forces of mortality.