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Religion should be encouraged if it has positive effects on people.What do you think?

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Religion should be encouraged if it has positive effects on people.What do you think?
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RE: Religion should be encouraged if it has positive effects on people.What do you think?
December 25, 2016 at 5:46 am
Religions even peaceful religions can be misused and set on a destructive path.
But even if it did make the world nice it would be based on a lie, I'd rather have a harsh truth than a lovely lie, except on the subject of how I look in these jeans.



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

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RE: Religion should be encouraged if it has positive effects on people.What do you think? - by downbeatplumb - December 25, 2016 at 5:46 am

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