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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 27, 2014 at 3:10 am (This post was last modified: November 27, 2014 at 3:14 am by Anomalocaris.)
(November 22, 2014 at 7:23 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Religion: invented to explain the unknown, subverted to control the gullible.

Religion wasn't invented to explain the unknown. It was invented to pretend the unknown has an unchallengeable received explanation that so happen to improve the status of the con man making the pretense.
(November 26, 2014 at 4:32 pm)alpha male Wrote:
(November 22, 2014 at 6:49 pm)Quantum1Connect Wrote: Religion had good intentions to make humans feel certain and safe, but nature has it's way regardless.
From a materialist point of view, everything, including religion, is necessarily a part of nature.

For the Christian whenever he is caught in a lie he pretends a lie can be made true by the simple expedient of asserting it is out of bounds of rigorous verificatory investigation. In other words he call it supernatural.
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