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Originally Posted by Anteater
You missed my point entirelly. I didn't say I supported the Bible or that the tome promoted logical thought now did I? I'm simply saying that people will discriminate and do awful things to one-another even if it isn't fueled by some kind of theistic/polytheistic dogma.
Second, I was also making a point that many people who profess to the Christian faith DO wish to live in peace with other people around them, and that from what I've been reading you appear to be generalizing that just because the Bible seems to encourage racism, sexism, ect in certain passages it entails that all Christians in the world RIGHT NOW follow those passages to the letter, which is not true at all.
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I understand it could sound like he's implying that; but my problem (and I think his too) is that people use religion as crutch, as a justification for mean, selfish, bigoted and hateful behavior. There is nothing else in our society people use to justify awful behavior as widely accepted save for addiction and people go to rehab for that. Religion is an good and evil thing plain and simple. People can use it for good and people can use it for evil. The fact is no one "needs" it and it has no place in the life of anyone who doesn't want it in their life.