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Old 04-21-07, 11:57 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by OddjobXL
Or scientific illiteracy.

Let's face it, religions are only as good as the people who make them up at any given point in time. Point to just about any religion, or rigidly held secular ideology for that matter, and there's a bloodbath somewhere along the line. Idiots are the problem and when idiots end up in charge of conformists, well, history tells us the story. Of course too much nonconformity and you'd have a seriously dysfunctional society.

The key to a successful society is reasonableness, moderation and perspective. Yeah, right, well - good luck with that.
I was just saying in a round about way that ...

Children who are taught they came from nothing and will go to nothing have nothing to live for but the lust of the moment... which leads to complete insanity.
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