New Pope Elected: Centuries Of Make-Believe (Religion) Reaffirmed For The Masses

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241. so the beliefs of conservatives are real

but liberals are engaged in self-delusion because their view of religion doesn't adhere to the stereotype you hold? And as an atheist, who attends no church, you've decided you know everything about religion, so much so that you call anyone who doesn't fit into your narrow stereotype as not really believers. You really need to take a minute to figure out that you really don't know everything. If fact, you know very little on this particular subject.

Okay, you didn't say hate, but your lack of respect and scorn is clear.

Once again, you continue to ignore my main point. I have no problem with attacking the role churches and religious people try to exert in public life based on their interpretation of religious texts.

If you had every studied history you would know religion has at once served as a justification for great oppression as well as liberation and resistance. The history of slavery is and the rise of the black church from inside the slave quarters is but one example (juxtaposed with the planters's use of the Gospels of Paul to try to convince slaves that God wanted them to serve). The history of social movements is filled with hundreds of examples. I get few Americans learn any history, especially social history, and think about the world in one dimensional terms. But that won't stop me from drawing attention to it when I see it.