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Can religion be positive
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RE: Can religion be positive
January 6, 2015 at 6:35 am
(January 6, 2015 at 2:38 am)BlackMason Wrote: Religion is the back bone of many strong communities. Religion also inspires many acts of charity. Religion has been the motivating factory for beautiful art and architecture. These arguments show that religion is a force for good.

However religion can be the source of intolerence, bigotry, arrogance and ignorance. These show that religion is a negative force.

In conclusion there is no simple metric to compute the net effect. Therefore the reasonable conclusion is that religion is a force for good and bad.

Agreed. Generalisations are always bad!

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Can religion be positive - by Jacob(smooth) - January 5, 2015 at 10:49 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Alex K - January 5, 2015 at 10:52 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Nope - January 5, 2015 at 11:11 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Dystopia - January 5, 2015 at 10:53 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Chad32 - January 5, 2015 at 10:57 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by pocaracas - January 5, 2015 at 11:06 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by h4ym4n - January 5, 2015 at 11:13 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by fr0d0 - January 5, 2015 at 12:41 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by Whateverist - January 5, 2015 at 7:38 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by abaris - January 5, 2015 at 7:42 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by FatAndFaithless - January 5, 2015 at 11:15 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jacob(smooth) - January 5, 2015 at 11:17 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by FatAndFaithless - January 5, 2015 at 11:20 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jacob(smooth) - January 5, 2015 at 11:22 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by dyresand - January 5, 2015 at 11:23 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by FatAndFaithless - January 5, 2015 at 11:23 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Whateverist - January 5, 2015 at 11:25 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jacob(smooth) - January 5, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Alex K - January 5, 2015 at 1:52 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by robvalue - January 5, 2015 at 11:34 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Whateverist - January 5, 2015 at 11:39 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by robvalue - January 5, 2015 at 11:43 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by FatAndFaithless - January 5, 2015 at 11:47 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by robvalue - January 5, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jacob(smooth) - January 5, 2015 at 11:58 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Brian37 - January 5, 2015 at 12:16 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jackalope - January 5, 2015 at 12:23 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jacob(smooth) - January 5, 2015 at 12:30 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by Brian37 - January 5, 2015 at 12:35 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jackalope - January 5, 2015 at 1:26 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by Brian37 - January 5, 2015 at 1:45 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by robvalue - January 5, 2015 at 12:26 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by Minimalist - January 5, 2015 at 12:27 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by ManMachine - January 5, 2015 at 12:33 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by Brian37 - January 5, 2015 at 12:45 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by ManMachine - January 6, 2015 at 10:30 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by The Grand Nudger - January 5, 2015 at 12:37 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by FatAndFaithless - January 5, 2015 at 12:37 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by robvalue - January 5, 2015 at 12:39 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by robvalue - January 5, 2015 at 12:43 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by downbeatplumb - January 5, 2015 at 1:54 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by Silver - January 5, 2015 at 2:03 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by bennyboy - January 5, 2015 at 8:49 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by psychoslice - January 5, 2015 at 10:42 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jenny A - January 5, 2015 at 11:40 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by psychoslice - January 6, 2015 at 12:08 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Brian37 - January 6, 2015 at 7:03 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by The Grand Nudger - January 6, 2015 at 12:32 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jenny A - January 6, 2015 at 12:45 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by BlackMason - January 6, 2015 at 2:38 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jacob(smooth) - January 6, 2015 at 6:35 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by LastPoet - January 6, 2015 at 5:21 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by fr0d0 - January 6, 2015 at 8:42 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jacob(smooth) - January 6, 2015 at 7:11 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Brian37 - January 6, 2015 at 8:30 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by robvalue - January 6, 2015 at 7:17 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by pocaracas - January 6, 2015 at 7:44 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Jacob(smooth) - January 6, 2015 at 7:24 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by Whateverist - January 6, 2015 at 8:43 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by robvalue - January 6, 2015 at 7:37 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by robvalue - January 6, 2015 at 7:48 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by pocaracas - January 6, 2015 at 7:53 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by robvalue - January 6, 2015 at 10:38 am
RE: Can religion be positive - by ManMachine - January 6, 2015 at 12:10 pm
RE: Can religion be positive - by Spooky - January 6, 2015 at 10:57 am

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