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In reply to the discussion: John Kerry: "We ignore... religion at our peril" [View all]UrbScotty
(23,980 posts)40. I said *accurate.* You didn't prove that religion actually motivated any of them.
Nor did you prove that any of them wouldn't have happened without religion.
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Especially when your "enemy" is actually tackling issues like poverty and climate change (nt)
UrbScotty
Sep 2015
#5
For many religious institutions the "Golden Rule" means "give us your gold". nt.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2015
#4
Go ahead - give me *one* example of religion giving someone a motive to do bad...
UrbScotty
Sep 2015
#38
I said *accurate.* You didn't prove that religion actually motivated any of them.
UrbScotty
Sep 2015
#40
Just because one does not see the point I'm making, doesn't mean I didn't make it
UrbScotty
Sep 2015
#42
C'mon, trotsky, when a religious group/person does "good" it's because religion
cleanhippie
Sep 2015
#47
And disdain for religion sometimes compels people to call others a piece of shit (nt)
UrbScotty
Sep 2015
#60
And that is usually an accurate observation. For example, what would you call someone...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2015
#64
Oh please, cut the crap, that argument has no merit, particularly with you...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2015
#66