Tournifreak wrote:
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worryingly, probably more than is good for it to do so. sadly, it's
nigh on impossible to reason with the deluded that following their
'imaginary friend'
and all their crazy rules, rituals and rhetoric may not be the best
way to build a safe and tolerant world (the last 2000 years of
christianity proves that let alone these newly invented cults) the
sane must sit back and hope all this bull**** burns it's self out
without taking us with it.

I wasn't going to get involved in this thread but since other people
seem to be up for a discussion and Chris Bacon doesn't appear to be
around...

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Do you see religion as an entirely bad thing then?

YES.

the wasteland of evidence surrounds us. have a gander.

Not saying all religions are helpful, or that all religious people are
good. But please don't make gross and crass generalisations.

eh ? like wot you've just done ?

I take onboard all you've said but take this: remove /any and all/ "gods"
from your imagined 'reality' and consider this : there is no evil without
a GOD. it all boils down to human nature, good guy, bad guy. right v wrong.

no one else to blame. we're here alone.

every 'good' you've described as attributable to a 'god' could have
been performed out of the goodness of ones own good natured
heart. person to person, sans dogma, fighting, strange frocks, the
child abuse, inequality towards women ... beheadings ... corruption,
george bush and his daily bible readings ..... get a ****ing grip....

!! hallelujahgobble !! ( quote: teh freak brothers ) ;-)