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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 5:08 pm
(November 25, 2014 at 5:05 pm)Confused Ape Wrote: Even atheism could be turned into an ideology and used to control people.

Nope. Atheism isn't enough, since it's only disbelief. You'd had to attach some ideology to pull that trick. Communism is an example. It was led by atheists, but it wasn't an atheist movement, since the absence of god didn't make up the belief system.
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