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cbayer

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29. Why does who need religious institutions?

Reply to Angry Dragon (Reply #18)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 12:54 PM

Mar 2012

If you don't need or want them, that's great. You are fortunate to live in a place where no one will force you into one.

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Seeing Is Unbelieving [View all] rug Mar 2012 OP

"...the offensive launched against religion by...." Deep13 Mar 2012 #1

I'd hate to see his review of the book that he does consider to be the worst. Jim__ Mar 2012 #2

Blah, blah, militant, blah, blah, scientism, blah longship Mar 2012 #3

I wish that what you say atheists want was true, but it's not true for all atheists. cbayer Mar 2012 #4

Who wants them destroyed? longship Mar 2012 #8

Why does one need religious institutions?? Angry Dragon Mar 2012 #18

Why does who need religious institutions? cbayer Mar 2012 #29

Your last sentence is a bit of farce Angry Dragon Mar 2012 #36

And why do some churches fight vigorously against the imposition of religion cbayer Mar 2012 #37

Your last sentence........ Angry Dragon Mar 2012 #38

There are many who feel no need whatsoever to define god. cbayer Mar 2012 #39

Do you equal atheism with scientism? tama Mar 2012 #5

"Scientism" is not a word I use longship Mar 2012 #7

Your generalizations about theists would lead me to wonder if your cbayer Mar 2012 #9

Well, tell that to the Republicans longship Mar 2012 #10

I am equally pissed off, but your tendency to generalize is polarizing. cbayer Mar 2012 #12

Thank you very much, kind sir longship Mar 2012 #13

I'm a ma'am and I am married to an atheist. cbayer Mar 2012 #15

I apologize, Madame longship Mar 2012 #17

It's not the word that matters tama Mar 2012 #11

Okay longship Mar 2012 #14

I have more confidence tama Mar 2012 #16

I am a reductionist longship Mar 2012 #19

I'm a reductionist tama Mar 2012 #20

Revolutions still build on what came before longship Mar 2012 #21

Agreed tama Mar 2012 #24

Gell-Mann tama Mar 2012 #25

Yup, re Weinberg, Gell-Mann longship Mar 2012 #28

Several problems tama Mar 2012 #30

Actually I see no problems there longship Mar 2012 #31

There's lot to pick tama Mar 2012 #32

If anybody says any of those things in this forum, Thats my opinion Mar 2012 #6

Fine, next time someone here claims skepticscott Mar 2012 #23

So, is the book's author claiming that science skepticscott Mar 2012 #22

Rosenberg does claim the label 'scientism' muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #26

Well, the reviewer claimed skepticscott Mar 2012 #27

Just to break it down... Humanist_Activist Mar 2012 #33

Which is just a way of pointing out skepticscott Mar 2012 #34

Exactly, science helps answer questions about nature, nothing more or less.. Humanist_Activist Mar 2012 #35