(December 30, 2014 at 6:24 pm)sagersager1 Wrote: I suppose one could say to the counter arguments that, "Sure, good people can do evil things, but if we take religion out, one could wager that evil acts would go down tremendously."It's impossible to offer anything more than conjecture to that question. Religion has existed as long as recorded history so no one can say what would or could occur without it.
What do you think of this?
Edit: then again, a common premise is that "religion is used as a mask for evil deeds." Ugh...
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