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cbayer

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7. I think that is the point.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 09:28 PM

Mar 2013

Bad people do bad things. Some use religion as their excuse. Others use other things as their excuse.

It's the broadbrushing of all religious when some one uses religion to justify their behavior that she objects to. Many just use religion as an excuse.

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Religion is just an excuse [View all] cbayer Mar 2013 OP

+1! Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #1

Religion is an excuse for fundamentalists to ignore fact. Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #2

I fear you missed the whole point of the article, or perhaps you just disagree with it. cbayer Mar 2013 #3

I can't find a 'point' in the article muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #5

"blame the fundamentalists with the wrong notions in their heads" trotsky Mar 2013 #6

I think that is the point. cbayer Mar 2013 #7

Yes, religion has been used for an excuse for many things n/t goldent Mar 2013 #4