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This is why I largely stay away from discussions on religion and politics. With politics, the weight of pre-formed opinion and anecdotal experience consistently overpowers rational debate. Particularly with politics, there is no middle ground, and those who occupy it end up feeling like uninformed wafflers. This nation is so, so incredibly divided between conservative and liberal (which is all the more aggravating because the international understanding is that we stand firmly united behind our current leader, which is almost never the case with any administration). Religion is particularly heinous because of the massive historical and philosophical knowledge required to take a sturdy position.
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"The idea that money doesn't buy you happiness is a lie put about by the rich, to stop the poor from killing them." -- Michael Caine
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