Someone had speculated that if religion were made punishable by death, there would be no more violence. Well, first of all, what part of "punishable by death" isn't violent? Second of all, people are born self-serving, and tend to remain that way unless strongly motivated by some legitimate authority to become otherwise. Without God, all I can say is, good luck finding legitimate authority. Without religion, violence would still remain. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, vengeance ever upon those who offend. If you are stuck in Utopia land, I would suggest that you go live with the more desperate members of society for a healthy period of time to cure your delirium.
Now, it is important to always distinguish between religion and truth. Truth just is, and nobody can claim to know exactly what it is. Religion is man's best attempt to discover the truth assuming God to be the only one who knows what truth is. All attempts by man naturally fall short. So yes, you can often rightfully blame religion for acting stupidly, but it will certainly produce results no worse than any other human endeavor.
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right on
The more of your comments I read, the more proud of you I become.
I might not always agree with you (though I pretty much always do) but it is so cool that you are finding a place to make your voice heard and using it responsibly.
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