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In reply to the discussion: What contirbution has religion given to the advancement of mankind that has come from nowhere else? [View all]Quartermass
(457 posts)6. If Islam replaced the word religion people would be all over this post denouncing it and would be
calling the poster racist/bigoted.
So i really don't understand why it is not bigoted.
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What contirbution has religion given to the advancement of mankind that has come from nowhere else? [View all]
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
OP
Well, from my POV, everything we as humans have achieved, did not come from religion.
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#4
I can see how you might think that, but I am simply asking what advancements rteligion has brought
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#23
If Islam replaced the word religion people would be all over this post denouncing it and would be
Quartermass
Dec 2011
#6
I really don't understand where you came up with that defintion of bigotry.
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#16
OK, What contirbution has Islam given to the advancement of mankind that has come from nowhere else?
mr blur
Dec 2011
#21
Asking "What has Islam contributed to human society?" is not bigoted.
ChadwickHenryWard
Dec 2011
#25
Did their religion give them some kind of knowledge that they used to make gunpowder?
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#17
Hmm, thats an interesting way of looking at my question. And you are right.
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#24
That is an intersting list. Did their belief in a deity, or the dogma of their religion lead to..
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#28
I couldn't agree more. Christianity has never been concerned with the betterment of man.
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#39
You might want to confirm the definition of snarky if you don't like what I say. nt
LARED
Dec 2011
#53
I see a trend with your posts: you could care less about what a person actually says...
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#54
relgion has provided social structure where it probably did more good than the lack of the structure
lindysalsagal
Dec 2011
#59