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Religion had good intentions, but nature has better

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Religion had good intentions, but nature has better
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RE: Religion had good intentions, but nature has better
November 25, 2014 at 5:05 pm
(November 24, 2014 at 4:46 pm)smax Wrote: I don't think religion ever had any "good intention". Religion is a tool for controlling people and spreading propaganda. It is man made just like weapons and war and every other destructive thing we can conjure up.

Humans can turn anything into a tool for controlling people and spreading propaganda. Even atheism could be turned into an ideology and used to control people.
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RE: Religion had good intentions, but nature has better - by Confused Ape - November 25, 2014 at 5:05 pm

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