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Originally Posted by ASU2003
Religion would be better if they stopped trying to change society as a whole and worked on making the individual happy and leading a successful life. They should provide the guidance of how to best live life from the Bible, Koran or other holy book (and recent history as well), but also be accepting of how other people choose to live their lives. They need to come up with a better strategy to stop other people from doing things that they find morally wrong than to try and force them by law.
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Well put, ASU2003. Very well put.
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Originally Posted by grolsch
Someone here at TFP has a signature that says something like;
"I'm always suspicious of religious figures that say God wants me to do something that remarkably
suits their own needs." Susan B. Anthony
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I've seen that, too. I wonder where? 
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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony
"Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus
It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.
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