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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
a true testimony to peoples desperation to believe and attach themselves anything that makes them feel better, no matter how absurd and obviously stupid it is.
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a statement with lots of depth.
that just about sizes up every belief system based on the metaphysical.
stupid camel jockeys in the desert this week burning churches because of something an old catholic says.
problem is, otherwise intelligent people still have this need to "feel better", and this makes the various religions very popular.
all this "my god is the one true god" shit separates people, contributes to much cultural hatred, violence, and actual death of millions of people. wars are fought over it, airplanes fly into skyscrapers because of it, children of "infidels" are slaughtered because of it...
nothing new under the sun.
if you put all the good religion does for humanity (and it does do some good) in a balance with all the harm it does for humanity it would be interesting what the net result would be.