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Originally posted by onetime2
I think a great number of decisions on whether to join the coalition or not were based not on right and wrong or lack of enough evidence but more about political safety.
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and a great number of decisions to join the coalition were based on money. A proper name for the coalition would be "coalition of the bought"
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"It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death
— Albert Einstein
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