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Atheists can profit from religion?

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Atheists can profit from religion?
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Atheists can profit from religion?
March 26, 2012 at 11:42 pm
Interesting take. I'd like to read the book.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/st...ZCj6%2B%2F
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RE: Atheists can profit from religion?
March 26, 2012 at 11:58 pm
Author thinks religion has more to give people than bullshit and dogma. Fail.

I first thought (from reading the title) that the take on this article was from a different perspective. I have examples from my country of ex-non-believers who are born again Christians (Preachers/Church Ministers) for monetary gain.
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RE: Atheists can profit from religion?
March 26, 2012 at 11:59 pm
Quote:"But as I look at secular society, I see how we've been abandoned to make our own way through life and how challenging that is."


So he thinks the nutjobs with the invisible friend have not been abandoned? They could pray to Quetzlcoatl for all the fucking good it will do them.
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March 27, 2012 at 12:07 am
"Religion, de Botton writes, has a lot to say about how to live and love, caring for others, handling suffering, dealing with death and all the other universal experiences that make us human."

It sure does, which is why my skin crawls every time I step foot in their little believers club.
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RE: Atheists can profit from religion?
March 27, 2012 at 12:35 am
Not suggesting it is a compelling case at all. The author is an intellectual and has written some interesting stuff in the past.
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RE: Atheists can profit from religion?
March 27, 2012 at 3:47 am
Atheists can profit from religion if they become the next Peter Popoff and exploit the sheer stupidity of theists.
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RE: Atheists can profit from religion?
March 27, 2012 at 4:02 am
It's not only atheists, but the believers of other faith can too benefit from the morality that is preached by Chrisitanity. Forgeting the "misinterpreted" parts of the Bible, the rest is a message of love. And love is good.
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RE: Atheists can profit from religion?
March 27, 2012 at 5:15 am
Don't need religion to be moral. Don't need religion to be happy. Don't need religion for answers. Don't need religion to live a fulfilled life. So take your religion and shove it up your arse hole!
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan

Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.

Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.

You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
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RE: Atheists can profit from religion?
March 27, 2012 at 5:26 am
(March 27, 2012 at 5:15 am)Ace Otana Wrote: Don't need religion to be moral. Don't need religion to be happy. Don't need religion for answers. Don't need religion to live a fulfilled life. So take your religion and shove it up your arse hole!

Thanks for the nice comment Angel Cloud

Talking about profit, I think once you start up a faith group, you will automatically profit from member donations. These donations can then by put back into the setup to make it grow. With time, the faith group can become a profitable successful business venture. Of course, this "profit" should not be for member's personal use, but given as charity to the needy.

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RE: Atheists can profit from religion?
March 27, 2012 at 6:14 am
(March 27, 2012 at 5:26 am)Christian Wrote: Talking about profit, I think once you start up a faith group, you will automatically profit from member donations. These donations can then by put back into the setup to make it grow. With time, the faith group can become a profitable successful business venture. Of course, this "profit" should not be for member's personal use, but given as charity to the needy.

A business venture like this - which is built on no concrete commodity - is commonly referred to as a Ponzi Scheme.
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