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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor
Dude, whoa whoa whoa! You might want to get to know people here before you start smashing all the china.
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Sorry, but that quote was not a hasty generalization but a statement of fact. Of which I can cite an infnite number of historical facts to substantiate.
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It is also a FACT that science has been used as a justification for heinous acts of violence...
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Yes, but more often with purpose rather than self-serving agendad the likes seen by centuries of religious violence.
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...and a FACT that religion has been used to bring charity and goodwill to people.
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The bad always outweighs the good, figuratively or factually (in the case of religion, factually).
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Religion has been both good and bad, science has been both good and bad.
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Yes, but religion far is worse in the totality of its existence and effect upon humanity.
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I'm surprised that I have to point out these FACTS to you, since you use big words, and I figure you'd be familiar with, say, Mother Teresa, communist Russia, and Adolf Hitler.
Godwin, hellz yeah.
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Yes, I am familiar with those examples and plenty more. Yet, I am less familiar with anyone noteworthy who has actually done some real good, under the guise of religion, that did not cost anyone their fortune or life.
S.D.