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I'm just amazed to see how many people think religion is harmless and don't see the damage it does. Religion is the stupidest, most [censored] up thing on the planet. It does so much more harm than good, but at least it offers false hope.
Anyway, I really don't want to argue it, that's just my two cents.
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just human nature, if it wasn't religion it would be something else.
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'Religion is essential. The majority of people want to believe in something. That has been the function of religion for centuries. Machiavelli may have been an atheist, or maybe he wasn't, but he felt that a nation or group without some form of religion holding it together could not possibly last. The word religion means tying together. When people do not have this belief system, this structure to focus on, they think of their own narrow self-interest instead, and chaos ensues.'
read entire thing here
http://www.powerseductionandwar.com/...elli_for.phtml
This guy has alot of interesting stuff to say.