General Discussion

J/K, sort of.

I'm going to hazard a guess that most of your classmates did not throw molotov cocktails or commit other criminal acts, and that this particular classmate was an outlier. There will always be outliers in any group, for all kinds of complicated reasons.

If most of your classmates were throwing molotov cocktails, stealing old ladies' purses, or holding up convenience stores, that might be an indication that the school you all attended was doing something wrong. Emphasis on "might," because there are lots of reasons why kids go astray; and that piece of info alone would not prove that the behavior was or was not the fault of the school, of the Catholic Church as a whole, or of some amorphous entity called "religion." It might be worth taking a look at, but one kid's poor choices don't prove a danged thing about the value or quality of the moral instruction given to kids at that school.

l am the last person in the world to try to convince someone else whetber to believe in a deity or what to believe about any deity. I have religious inclinations myself, but I honestly don't care what anyone else believes or doesn't believe. I also don't really have an opinion on the teaching of morality in Catholic schools because I have no personal experience with it. I'm just saying that I dont think the logic of the example you gave holds up under scrutiny.

I think atheists have some good points, and I understand why some people arrive at that conclusion. My path has led me in a different direction, but that doesn't mean I think that's the direction everyone should go in. Diversity is a beautiful thing.