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cleanhippie

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5. Perhaps discussing the quote in its entirety?

Reply to goldent (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 03:51 PM

Mar 2013

Belief in an all-powerful supernatural superbeing might not have a definable effect on any one particular person, but as a statistical force, a steady pressure upon hundreds of generations of children and then the billions of adults they become – squeezing them down into that mindset of hopeless subservience, of creative and inventive futility – I simply can’t imagine it not having a blanket effect upon the people within it.

It lines up with reality just fine, IMO. YMMV.

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The hidden price of religion? [View all] cleanhippie Mar 2013 OP

Interesting points. prefunk Mar 2013 #1

I don't see this at all goldent Mar 2013 #2

What religion do you subscribe to? cleanhippie Mar 2013 #3

I was referring to the kind of thinking discussed in the blog goldent Mar 2013 #4

Perhaps discussing the quote in its entirety? cleanhippie Mar 2013 #5

Cutting and pasting is a quick and easy way to distract readers from politics. Festivito Mar 2013 #6