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Robdemanc
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19 Dec 2011, 8:52 am

Religion makes great efforts to ensure the only life we have is not lived to its full potential.



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19 Dec 2011, 10:00 am

Lecks wrote:
anonymous-shyster wrote:
Yeah, but religion makes people do stupid things, like human sacrifice, witch hunts, fatwas etc.

I don't think we can justly blame religion for people doing stupid things, .

I really think we can.


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19 Dec 2011, 10:04 am

I perfer the view of C.S Lewis:

"It is hard to have patience with people who say 'There is no death' or 'Death doesn't matter.' There is death. And whatever is matters."


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