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People using religion when it suits them?
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RE: People using religion when it suits them?
(July 1, 2014 at 7:46 pm)ManMachine Wrote: Dumb ideas do not persist for thousands of years. They have clearly been useful, and we need to understand fully why they have been useful before we can suggest they are no longer useful.
I see no reason why they can't. So long as the "dumb idea" doesn't kill you (i think we can all concede that we have dumb ideas on a regular basis and continue to draw breath). But to agree with your point - I would never argue that religion wasn't useful - and neither would anyone who's ever barbecued a human being at a book reading.....
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RE: People using religion when it suits them? - by The Grand Nudger - July 4, 2014 at 12:09 am

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