(November 22, 2010 at 10:54 am)Rwandrall Wrote:(November 22, 2010 at 7:31 am)Skipper Wrote: But all the good it does could be and does get done without the religious aspect. In that sense it really is pointless and has no value.
Same goes for all the bad it does. The vast majority of pedophilia cases happen in homes, not in churches. Genocides have happened without religion involved (Rwanda for example). And mass delusion can happen without religion, look at any autocratic system to see that. Even suicide bombings can happen without religion, just look at the Tamuul Tigers in Sri Lanka.
I'm not claiming people who are non-religious can't be evil, they can, but that's not the point here at all.