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If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion?

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RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion?

April 29, 2015 at 1:26 pm

(April 29, 2015 at 12:18 pm)Alex K Wrote: Of course not. Even if I thought it was a good idea, which I don't, it is impossible to realize without creating an orwellian abomination.

Wait, can I change my answer to Orwellian abomination? After all, they are now developing the technology so that we can have something even more Orwellian than even George Orwell dreamed of:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...eds-ahead/

Once that is perfected, just think what governments are going to do with it....

It makes me glad that I am old enough that I might not be around any more by the time it is perfected.

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."

— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.

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If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Salacious B. Crumb - April 29, 2015 at 12:13 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by FatAndFaithless - April 29, 2015 at 12:14 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Dystopia - April 29, 2015 at 12:16 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Alex K - April 29, 2015 at 12:18 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Pyrrho - April 29, 2015 at 1:26 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Thumpalumpacus - April 29, 2015 at 4:24 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Pyrrho - April 29, 2015 at 12:19 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Nope - April 30, 2015 at 2:25 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Pyrrho - April 30, 2015 at 2:56 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Minimalist - April 29, 2015 at 12:24 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Thumpalumpacus - April 29, 2015 at 4:21 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by downbeatplumb - April 29, 2015 at 12:39 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by vorlon13 - April 29, 2015 at 12:48 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Kitty Galore - April 29, 2015 at 12:53 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Salacious B. Crumb - April 29, 2015 at 12:55 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Spooky - April 29, 2015 at 5:06 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by paulpablo - April 29, 2015 at 1:08 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by henryp - April 29, 2015 at 1:21 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Red Economist - April 29, 2015 at 1:43 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Jericho - April 29, 2015 at 1:44 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Marsellus Wallace - April 29, 2015 at 1:46 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Anomalocaris - April 29, 2015 at 1:48 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by FatAndFaithless - April 29, 2015 at 1:50 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Jenny A - April 29, 2015 at 2:00 pm

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RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Salacious B. Crumb - April 29, 2015 at 3:18 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by FatAndFaithless - April 29, 2015 at 3:19 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Salacious B. Crumb - April 29, 2015 at 3:31 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Marsellus Wallace - April 29, 2015 at 3:29 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by FatAndFaithless - April 29, 2015 at 3:34 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Salacious B. Crumb - April 29, 2015 at 3:37 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by FatAndFaithless - April 29, 2015 at 4:24 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Alex K - April 29, 2015 at 4:55 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by KevinM1 - April 29, 2015 at 5:12 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Alex K - April 29, 2015 at 6:14 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Thumpalumpacus - April 30, 2015 at 12:29 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Minimalist - April 30, 2015 at 2:57 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 29, 2015 at 5:29 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Thumpalumpacus - April 30, 2015 at 2:28 am

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Whateverist - April 29, 2015 at 6:15 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Polaris - April 29, 2015 at 7:05 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by KevinM1 - April 29, 2015 at 9:30 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Polaris - April 29, 2015 at 9:47 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Jenny A - April 29, 2015 at 10:47 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by KevinM1 - April 30, 2015 at 11:22 am

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Polaris - April 30, 2015 at 10:04 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Jenny A - April 30, 2015 at 11:50 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Polaris - May 5, 2015 at 7:13 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Thumpalumpacus - May 1, 2015 at 10:16 am

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Jericho - April 29, 2015 at 7:26 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Salacious B. Crumb - April 29, 2015 at 9:41 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Jericho - April 29, 2015 at 10:05 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by wiploc - April 29, 2015 at 11:20 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Jericho - April 30, 2015 at 12:36 am

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Mudhammam - April 30, 2015 at 1:12 am

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by c172 - April 30, 2015 at 1:13 am

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Jericho - April 30, 2015 at 1:49 am

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Jericho - April 30, 2015 at 12:56 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by The Valkyrie - April 30, 2015 at 10:07 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Pyrrho - April 30, 2015 at 10:09 pm

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by rexbeccarox - May 1, 2015 at 3:48 am

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RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Theoretical Skeptic - May 3, 2015 at 7:10 am

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Mr Greene - May 3, 2015 at 1:50 pm

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RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Edwardo Piet - May 3, 2015 at 1:25 pm

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RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by Hatshepsut - May 8, 2015 at 1:36 am

RE: If You Ruled Your Own Country, Would You Ban Religion? - by CapnAwesome - May 8, 2015 at 2:04 am

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