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Religion can be a good thing??

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Religion can be a good thing??
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RE: Religion can be a good thing??
April 7, 2011 at 8:17 am
(April 7, 2011 at 8:07 am)Chico97 Wrote: And yes, I know religion is doing a lot of bad. Probably more than good. Ok, definately a lot more bad, but it's the good that I want to discuss (if it is good)

Well, you can say that one good thing about religion is that it keeps some people feeling peaceful and calm thinking that their god is always watching/protecting them.

I don't agree with brainwashing though.
Quote:"I think it's perfectly possible to explain how the universe came about without bringing God into it, but I don't know everything, and there may well be a God somewhere, hiding away. Actually, if he is keeping out of sight, it's because he's ashamed of his followers and all the cruelty and ignorance they're responsible for promoting in his name. If I were him, I'd want nothing to do with them."
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Religion can be a good thing??

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Religion can be a good thing?? - by Chico97 - April 7, 2011 at 7:07 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Zen Badger - April 7, 2011 at 7:26 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Chico97 - April 7, 2011 at 7:47 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by ib.me.ub - April 7, 2011 at 8:00 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Chico97 - April 7, 2011 at 8:07 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Jax - April 7, 2011 at 8:17 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Violet - April 7, 2011 at 7:32 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Ubermensch - April 7, 2011 at 7:35 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Jax - April 7, 2011 at 7:38 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by ib.me.ub - April 7, 2011 at 8:10 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Captain Scarlet - April 9, 2011 at 12:49 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by DeistPaladin - April 7, 2011 at 8:58 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by KichigaiNeko - April 7, 2011 at 9:04 am
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Faith No More - April 7, 2011 at 9:18 pm
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Sarcasm - April 8, 2011 at 5:22 pm
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Anomalocaris - April 8, 2011 at 7:45 pm
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Cinjin - April 14, 2011 at 11:26 pm
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by Justtristo - April 14, 2011 at 11:41 pm
RE: Religion can be a good thing?? - by JohnDG - April 15, 2011 at 4:14 am

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