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RE: Do some people need religion?
February 28, 2013 at 1:49 am
Fuck the touchy, feely, people need religion to give meaning to their lives bullshit.
Religion is still necessary to keep stupid people from doing real harm to society.
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RE: Do some people need religion?
March 1, 2013 at 6:39 am
No .... I don't think so.
It (to me) translates to .... "I can be a nice caring person without organised religion"
"Spiritual" if you like...along the lines of Buddhism
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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RE: Do some people need religion?
March 1, 2013 at 8:33 pm
Buddhist philosophy helped me appreciate some aspects of science and allowed me to become more aware of the failings of Christianity.
Similarly, I know there are some mass murderers in Africa that stop when they have Christian experiences.
I would like these areas of the mind to be considered more by science before preaching atheism as what people need.