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Then become a atheist, my wife just read this to me she saw it on twitter.
Walleye
(44,058 posts)Bucky
(55,334 posts)Last edited Mon May 17, 2021, 06:12 AM - Edit history (1)
The problem is power, not religious views. Plenty of evil came into the world in the 20th C. espousing atheism
Walleye
(44,058 posts)Bucky
(55,334 posts)As a social novelty, the totalitarian Communist parties of Russia and China were remarkably effective at organizing their societies. Vietnam's Communist Party was able to organize half of a small nation enough to defeat three of the world's superpowers (France, the US, and China) in less than 40 years.
Skittles
(170,209 posts)how about that
JI7
(93,366 posts)what religion or no religion he was.
And the religious assholes would be assholes even without religion.
But one issue with religion is the bad ones use it to justify their horrible acts .
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Duncanpup
(15,651 posts)Biophilic
(6,473 posts)Bucky
(55,334 posts)Religion is like a car. You can use it to enrich your life, or you can use it to run down innocent pedestrians.
Permanut
(8,135 posts)the same way that going to the garage makes you a car.
Mary in S. Carolina
(1,364 posts)nancy1942
(640 posts)doubleplusgood
(984 posts)It was about the religious strife in Northern Ireland years ago, and went something like this:
"If the Catholics and Protestants would start thinking like atheists, then they could treat each other like Christians."
