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Is religion a necessary evil?
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RE: Is religion a necessary evil?
(October 26, 2018 at 11:26 am)purplepurpose Wrote:
(October 26, 2018 at 11:19 am)Minimalist Wrote: It's an unnecessary evil.  Just look at all the people who function quite well without it and then compare them to the dumb motherfuckers who burden themselves with it!

I'm not saying that you should like religion. I mean that, a lot, really a lot of people would have destroyed themselves if it wasn't for religion.

I do not see implanting an irrational fear and impairing their ability to use critical thinking is an appropriate solution to anything.
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Is religion a necessary evil? - by purplepurpose - October 26, 2018 at 11:16 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Minimalist - October 26, 2018 at 11:19 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by purplepurpose - October 26, 2018 at 11:26 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by unfogged - October 26, 2018 at 2:38 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Duty - October 26, 2018 at 11:26 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by no one - October 26, 2018 at 11:45 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by mlmooney89 - October 26, 2018 at 11:51 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Anomalocaris - October 27, 2018 at 4:02 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by mlmooney89 - October 30, 2018 at 12:03 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Brian37 - October 26, 2018 at 11:57 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Whateverist - October 26, 2018 at 11:59 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by robvalue - October 26, 2018 at 12:15 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by brewer - October 26, 2018 at 12:33 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Cod - October 26, 2018 at 2:07 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by robvalue - October 26, 2018 at 1:00 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by purplepurpose - October 26, 2018 at 1:10 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by robvalue - October 27, 2018 at 3:09 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Silver - October 26, 2018 at 1:12 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by The Grand Nudger - October 26, 2018 at 1:56 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Duty - October 26, 2018 at 1:59 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by The Grand Nudger - October 26, 2018 at 2:17 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Minimalist - October 26, 2018 at 2:53 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by vulcanlogician - October 26, 2018 at 4:00 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Angrboda - October 26, 2018 at 4:05 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by vulcanlogician - October 26, 2018 at 4:14 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Dr H - October 26, 2018 at 4:15 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by robvalue - October 27, 2018 at 4:08 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by The Grand Nudger - October 31, 2018 at 12:04 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Dr H - October 31, 2018 at 3:12 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by The Grand Nudger - October 31, 2018 at 4:22 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Dr H - November 2, 2018 at 8:16 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by robvalue - October 31, 2018 at 6:10 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Rahn127 - October 31, 2018 at 8:06 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Pat Mustard - November 1, 2018 at 3:24 am
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Astreja - November 1, 2018 at 3:29 pm
RE: Is religion a necessary evil? - by Seraphina - November 1, 2018 at 10:45 pm

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