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Old 11-03-2007, 03:00 AM
sirio11 sirio11 is offline
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Default Re: Religion DOES Do More Good Than Harm

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I agree there is no harm in leaving someone to their delusions if that's what it takes to give their life a sense of purpose and makes them feel happy and secure.

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Agree

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The problem is when people take these exact same delusions and use them in dangerous ways.

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Yes, and I think the solution is to focus in the individuals and rarely in the delusions themselves. There are sick individuals with all kind of delusions, I mean there are people who have killed hundreds because they hate government, and I don't think a good idea is to start a crusade against ACists because they are "dangerous people"

Ah, and I also think stereotypes like

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imagining that's what heir God wants them to and has 72 virgins waiting for them as a reward.


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are pretty bad to understand other cultures and work together as a global society in order to make the world a better place to live.
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