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BarbD

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5. Thinking out of religion takes time and persistence

Reply to tomhagen (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2018, 09:07 AM

May 2018

in asking "why?" Born in 1937 and raised in parochial school it took me 30 years to first reject Catholicism as the one true religion. It was another 30 years to discover Humanism. Thank "god" for DU and "amen" to Richard Dawkins. Excuse the heretical last sentence.

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Religion: the root of all Evil [View all] tomhagen May 2018 OP

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while cleaning & purging i found this quote i had written down. pansypoo53219 May 2018 #4

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