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Article: Would the world be better off without religion?
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Article: Would the world be better off without religion?
July 31, 2014 at 2:54 pm
Quote:The widespread assertion that the world would be better off without religion is a reasonable hypothesis. Yet data suggest that skeptics should attach no more than a modest level of probability to it.

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July 31, 2014 at 3:47 pm
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July 31, 2014 at 3:53 pm
No if there was no god people would rape and kill all the time... Just kidding, my answer is yes. But I don't agree with making religion illegal, I prefer letting it fade away slowly trough natural enlightenment of the human race
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RE: Article: Would the world be better off without religion?
July 31, 2014 at 4:02 pm
Let's try it and see.

What have we got to lose except the delusions of millions of fuckheads.
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RE: Article: Would the world be better off without religion?
July 31, 2014 at 4:06 pm (This post was last modified: July 31, 2014 at 4:08 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 31, 2014 at 2:54 pm)rasetsu Wrote:
Quote:The widespread assertion that the world would be better off without religion is a reasonable hypothesis. Yet data suggest that skeptics should attach no more than a modest level of probability to it.

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I have no need of asking this question for I do not envision a world without religion.

I envision a world where the role of religion is such that the question "is the world better off without religion" would become about as weighty as "is the world better off without daytime soap opera", and would likely generate similar sensible answers.
(July 31, 2014 at 4:02 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Let's try it and see.

What have we got to lose except the delusions of millions of fuckheads.


Delusion is integral to fuckheadhood. You may deprive them of one, and they would instantly substitute another.
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RE: Article: Would the world be better off without religion?
July 31, 2014 at 4:10 pm
I bet some people would commit suicide
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RE: Article: Would the world be better off without religion?
July 31, 2014 at 4:12 pm
(July 31, 2014 at 4:10 pm)Blackout Wrote: I bet some people would commit suicide
I bet less people would commit suicide.
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RE: Article: Would the world be better off without religion?
July 31, 2014 at 4:14 pm
(July 31, 2014 at 4:12 pm)ShaMan Wrote:
(July 31, 2014 at 4:10 pm)Blackout Wrote: I bet some people would commit suicide
I bet less people would commit suicide.

Yes, but some wouldn't be able to live knowing no god exists and that there is nothing after we are dead.
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RE: Article: Would the world be better off without religion?
July 31, 2014 at 4:23 pm
(July 31, 2014 at 4:10 pm)Blackout Wrote: I bet some people would commit suicide

I bet some people would find a reason to live.
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RE: Article: Would the world be better off without religion?
July 31, 2014 at 4:26 pm
(July 31, 2014 at 4:23 pm)Chuck Wrote:
(July 31, 2014 at 4:10 pm)Blackout Wrote: I bet some people would commit suicide

I bet some people would find a reason to live.

And others would lose it. It goes both ways and the result wouldn't be unanimous throughout the world
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