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tabasco

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1. Why is there so much religious kookery in the world?

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Sun Aug 4, 2013, 01:38 PM

Aug 2013

Last edited Sun Aug 4, 2013, 07:18 PM - Edit history (1)

A - because people are afraid of death and have not evolved sufficiently to deal with the knowledge of death. So, they make up fairy tales to believe in.

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Scottish bishop says sorry to pupils allegedly abused by monks in Highlands [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2013 OP

Why is there so much religious kookery in the world? tabasco Aug 2013 #1

I don't really care what belief system people choose theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #2

90% of all abuse occurs within families happyslug Aug 2013 #3

same thing w/ some remote Alaska villages. Every child was abused. Sunlei Aug 2013 #4