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Atheists & Agnostics

Warren Stupidity

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9. Our religionists are quick to point out that "no official religion"

Reply to ChairmanAgnostic (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2015, 10:03 PM

Mar 2015

is not "no religion". Although as they claim that one of the chief benefits of religion is the "community" that it supposedly brings it is hard to see how this fallback position is helpful.

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Religion is dying in the USA [View all] ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2015 OP

Maybe legit brands of religion, but the crazies abound and are breeding like cane toads. n/t woodsprite Mar 2015 #1

With worse language skills and understanding. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2015 #2

I rec'ed this out of a desperate hope that it's correct, mountain grammy Mar 2015 #3

and Pat Robertson is helping it along RussBLib Mar 2015 #4

You are already a slave to many vegetables. AlbertCat Mar 2015 #7

This is from 2012 ... Hopefully the numbers are even a bit better now. Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #5

I read somewhere that a follow up by Pew shows the trend accelerating, but ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2015 #6

The problem is that they'll get sucked back in when they have kids Warpy Mar 2015 #8

Our religionists are quick to point out that "no official religion" Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #9