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Rhiannon12866

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23. Locking, sorry, but threads discussing religion are prohibited in GD.

Reply to Ryan Fitzomething (Original post)

Fri Dec 26, 2014, 02:53 AM

Dec 2014

Please consider reposting in the Religion forum. Thanks for your understanding.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025307978

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The Opiate of The Masses [View all] Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 OP

Who cares the birth date of Jesus TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #1

And a happy Midwinter Festival to you and yours. Downwinder Dec 2014 #2

Praise Satan! Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #3

"...opium of the people." And the context. (edited to expand quote in subject line) Cerridwen Dec 2014 #4

Pish! What's context when there's a propaganda war to be won against...... socialist_n_TN Dec 2014 #6

Just doing my little part from the underground to subvert the dominant propaganda. n/t Cerridwen Dec 2014 #15

All constructs are forms, but not all forms are constructs Sweeney Dec 2014 #5

hmm, that all's from Comte and EB Tylor MisterP Dec 2014 #8

At least I am not original Sweeney Dec 2014 #11

Would you mind an offering of a small theory of forms? Sweeney Dec 2014 #16

I reuse to knock anything that gives millions of people hope and love and evokes compassion...no kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #7

It also justifies a lot of their misery and some times denies their rights to justice Sweeney Dec 2014 #12

Hail Sithis! chrisa Dec 2014 #9

Religion is a human universal, self-constructing according to our neural arrangement bhikkhu Dec 2014 #10

We all seek the resonate frequency seveneyes Dec 2014 #13

I may quote you. Well said! KittyWampus Dec 2014 #19

yes, you may seveneyes Dec 2014 #22

Merry Christmas! Our savior was born! Have a blessed day! kwassa Dec 2014 #14

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful" ErikJ Dec 2014 #17

Geometry is also a "human construct". And all religions, when you look at their esoteric veins, KittyWampus Dec 2014 #18

When Marx said that, opium had not yet been demonized n/t eridani Dec 2014 #20

silly H2O Man Dec 2014 #21

Locking, sorry, but threads discussing religion are prohibited in GD. Rhiannon12866 Dec 2014 #23