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The Purpose Of Religion
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RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 12:12 pm
(April 10, 2014 at 8:58 am)ChadWooters Wrote: OP has it backwards. The Christian religion asserts the basic human dignity of all, even janitors.

Just not all those people that it labels abominations and exhorts you to slaughter, right? Dodgy

Jesus likened every non-Jew to dogs, at one point. That seems very egalitarian in its distribution of dignity.
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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
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RE: The Purpose Of Religion - by Sinbad - April 17, 2014 at 9:13 am
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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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