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Originally posted by rudy200
I believe organized religion should be banned. Had this been done a few thousand years ago, countless millions would not have died horrible deaths, and the majority of today's problems would no exist.
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That's a big call, and can only be made on the assumption that all organised religion is wrong. I don't believe in God, but I think people have a right to do so if I want. There are plenty of people out there who believe that the majority of today's problems would be solved if all us filthy atheists weren't running around making havoc, and that religion were enforced by the government. They are probably right.
Besides, if I were convinced that paradise was waiting, and that all I had to do for a ticket was ask Jesus for one, what kind of a prick would I be not to organise a few mates to tell as many people about it as possible?
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To base morality on religion is also difficult to believe. Christianity bases it's rules of behavior on the fairy tale of Moses coming from the mountain with the Ten Commandments written in stone.
I am convinced these same ten rules have existed long before Moses made his entry. Tribes discovered during the last century, all behave as if Moses had personally talked to them.
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Your calling the story of Moses a fairy tale could be deemed quite offensive to some. Please try to select your words more tactfully in future.
Evolution
is real. It happens, and we've observed it. The question you're after is "Is the sole force behind the development of our species, and all the others, natural selection?"
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But when I look at all the man made forms of religion, I again think they should be done away with. Live your spiritual life within yourself, that is where the action is. Not on the front row benches of our places of organized worship. After all, look what we ended up with............BUSH
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And George Washington. And St Francis of Assisi. And gospel music. And Mother Theresa. And Princess Diana. And Martin Luther King, Jr. And St John's ambulances. And the Salvation Army.
I'm not defending the atrocities committed in the name of religion. Just saying that it's unfair to ban organised religion in its entirety because of the actions of a misguided few.