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Then become a atheist, my wife just read this to me she saw it on twitter.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)Bucky
(54,020 posts)Last edited Mon May 17, 2021, 07:12 AM - Edit history (1)
The problem is power, not religious views. Plenty of evil came into the world in the 20th C. espousing atheism
Walleye
(31,028 posts)Bucky
(54,020 posts)As a social novelty, the totalitarian Communist parties of Russia and China were remarkably effective at organizing their societies. Vietnam's Communist Party was able to organize half of a small nation enough to defeat three of the world's superpowers (France, the US, and China) in less than 40 years.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)how about that
JI7
(89,251 posts)what religion or no religion he was.
And the religious assholes would be assholes even without religion.
But one issue with religion is the bad ones use it to justify their horrible acts .
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Duncanpup
(12,859 posts)Biophilic
(3,665 posts)Bucky
(54,020 posts)Religion is like a car. You can use it to enrich your life, or you can use it to run down innocent pedestrians.
Permanut
(5,610 posts)the same way that going to the garage makes you a car.
Mary in S. Carolina
(1,364 posts)nancy1942
(635 posts)doubleplusgood
(944 posts)It was about the religious strife in Northern Ireland years ago, and went something like this:
"If the Catholics and Protestants would start thinking like atheists, then they could treat each other like Christians."