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The Purpose Of Religion
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RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 5:09 am
(April 9, 2014 at 7:57 pm)Severan Wrote:
(April 9, 2014 at 6:47 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: That's not exactly your theory, mate. Most critics of religion have come to the same conclusion. Probably the most famous of them would be Karl Marx with his 'Religion is the opium of the people.' De Sade and von Hardenberg made similar observations forty-odd years before Marx. It's nothing new.

Boru
Then it would be a theory I didn't know about until today and put into my own words.

lol, I wasn't accusing you of plagiarism. Merely pointing out that the soporific quality of religion is a common observation.

Boru
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The Purpose Of Religion - by Severan - April 9, 2014 at 4:54 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by archangle - April 9, 2014 at 5:08 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by KUSA - April 9, 2014 at 6:21 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by tor - April 9, 2014 at 6:28 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by archangle - April 10, 2014 at 8:03 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by tor - April 10, 2014 at 8:06 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Severan - April 10, 2014 at 10:30 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by tor - April 10, 2014 at 11:14 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by archangle - April 16, 2014 at 9:27 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by JuliaL - April 10, 2014 at 12:39 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 9, 2014 at 6:47 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Severan - April 9, 2014 at 7:57 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 10, 2014 at 5:09 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Chad32 - April 9, 2014 at 8:10 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by jesus_wept - April 20, 2014 at 3:52 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by ManMachine - April 9, 2014 at 8:12 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by *Deidre* - April 9, 2014 at 10:36 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by The Valkyrie - April 9, 2014 at 10:42 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by *Deidre* - April 9, 2014 at 10:48 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by The Valkyrie - April 9, 2014 at 11:16 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Jiggerj - April 9, 2014 at 11:16 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Sinbad - April 16, 2014 at 4:40 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Minimalist - April 9, 2014 at 11:18 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Fidel_Castronaut - April 10, 2014 at 3:37 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by FreeTony - April 10, 2014 at 8:11 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Faith No More - April 10, 2014 at 8:48 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Neo-Scholastic - April 10, 2014 at 8:58 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by *Deidre* - April 10, 2014 at 11:26 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Esquilax - April 10, 2014 at 12:12 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Tobie - April 10, 2014 at 12:58 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by truthBtold - April 10, 2014 at 11:18 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by tor - April 10, 2014 at 11:18 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Silver - April 10, 2014 at 12:05 pm
The Purpose Of Religion - by Rampant.A.I. - April 10, 2014 at 1:34 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Neo-Scholastic - April 10, 2014 at 4:37 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Tobie - April 10, 2014 at 5:19 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Faith No More - April 10, 2014 at 8:00 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Esquilax - April 11, 2014 at 7:18 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by RobbyPants - April 17, 2014 at 8:02 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Sinbad - April 17, 2014 at 9:13 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Wyrd of Gawd - April 20, 2014 at 1:59 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Whateverist - April 16, 2014 at 8:21 am
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Mark Fulton - April 20, 2014 at 9:07 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Wyrd of Gawd - April 22, 2014 at 9:44 pm
RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Really? - April 22, 2014 at 10:09 pm

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