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Does the award for the greatest evil go to Satan or God?

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Does the award for the greatest evil go to Satan or God?
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RE: Does the award for the greatest evil go to Satan or God?
August 22, 2012 at 2:13 pm
festive1 Wrote:
I'm in the Hitchens' camp on this one. (Rough paraphrasing...) "There will always be evil people who do evil things, but how do you get good people to do evil things? Religion."

I learn.

I did not think he coined that. Good for him.

Regards
DL

Apologies, I dont' know how to quote, other than to cut and paste...
But anyhoo... I believe it was Hitchens, at least I've seen debates where he's said this, but he may have adopted it from elsewhere. If you think this is the case, what is this other source? I'm always trying to find new stuff to read/learn!
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RE: Does the award for the greatest evil go to Satan or God? - by festive1 - August 22, 2012 at 2:13 pm

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