I hate seeing "the religion of peace" bullshit here.

[ancianita]

86. I see. But I disagree. If a group of people want to believe something, as long as they don't impose

their free wills on someone else -- including their children -- more power to them. If that practice isn't compatible with theocracy, it's because theocracy's built on spiritual, economic or social hierarchies, which gives the upper levels more power (of free will) over someone -- usually the weak or penis-less -- else's unfree wills.

As for your bringing psychology into the whole thing...Before one can lose one's ego, one has to have an ego to lose. Building a sense of self is at the root of how children become independent from their parents, families and childhood communities. So, the parents shouldn't do too much free will bending except to produce thinking young adults with a healthy set of boundaries. Which is exactly what a healthy ego is.

'Ego delusion' is usually just not knowing the difference between what is within us and what is 'out there.' Religion promotes a lot of that. What you call "ego delusion" is probably ego over-attachment. Even Buddha knew that babies -- who experience boundary-less existence -- still have to acquire an ego before giving up their attachment to it. That's part of the process of coming to consciousness as an adult. Good ego shedding lets go of the 'guilt and shame' that muddles up its health. For some people that takes a lifetime. It's the various ways that people cling to whatever form their ego takes (because there is comfort in the familiar) that can create the 'sins' you refer to.