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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBettie
(16,079 posts)Various religious PEOPLE may do some good, but the balance sheet doesn't come out on the side of organized religion.
Drale
(7,932 posts)Bettie
(16,079 posts)Actually, it is sad. The best people I know used to be Christians (my grandma, Aunt, other strong people who had faith).
Now, the best people I know, the kindest are atheists or agnostics. The religious people I know, by and large, are bigoted, small people who use religion as a bludgeon.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Including religious DUers. I'm sure people would be interested to know.
Bryant
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Today, the impact of religion on society is a discussion that needs to be had in GD.
Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)Organized religion is a system of symbols used to contol minds, accumulate wealth and concentrate power.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...and all of the pro-women, forward-thinking policies enacted over there..
Christian fundamentalism creeping ever deeper into the American way of life is completely different and not the same thing at all...
edhopper
(33,491 posts)MLK!