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Atheists & Agnostics

Lonestarblue

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5. I don't necessarily hate all religion. I hate how devious peoole use it to manipulate others.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Wed Sep 11, 2024, 06:08 PM

Sep 2024

Much of the evangelical movement is more like cult than a religion. I’ve never done the research, but I suspect that religion in all forms has been the primary cause of unnecessary deaths throughout the ages.

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Religion, How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count the Ways. [View all] DavidDvorkin Sep 2024 OP

I consider religions to be the destroyers of humanity. walkingman Sep 2024 #1

Pretty much every negative thing humanity does... Think. Again. Sep 2024 #2

Humanity's worst invention was Jerry2144 Sep 2024 #3

Yes. DavidDvorkin Sep 2024 #4

time to change poozwah Sep 14 #11

I don't necessarily hate all religion. I hate how devious peoole use it to manipulate others. Lonestarblue Sep 2024 #5

God says so, but only to the select few who will pass on the message. keithbvadu2 Sep 2024 #6

The Founding Fathers Warned Us BOSSHOG Sep 2024 #7

The most shifty-eyed weasel in the cave... GiqueCee Sep 2024 #8

I've always thought that atheists could vanquish religion if we organized around atheist "churches". rainin Sep 2024 #9

There have been attempts to do this, but I think they've all fizzled. DavidDvorkin Sep 2024 #10

Well a week later, it is still there and I am surely glad it is rurallib Sep 18 #12

Thank you DavidDvorkin Sep 18 #13

that is especially true in English - the only language I know rurallib Sep 18 #14

Yes, but how far should we go? DavidDvorkin Sep 18 #15