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Atheists & Agnostics

trotsky

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5. Another constant refrain has been how Dawkins, et al are pushing people away from non-belief.

Reply to onager (Reply #2)

Thu May 21, 2015, 08:41 AM

May 2015

A patently absurd and false claim, as we can see over and over and over, but something that must bring comfort and a false sense of hope to those scared of rational thought and the abandonment of religion.

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Losing their religion: the hidden crisis of faith among Britain’s young Muslims [View all] mr blur May 2015 OP

That's some scary shit! salimbag May 2015 #1

How DARE he! onager May 2015 #2

Oh fiddlesticks. progressoid May 2015 #3

Proof that Dawkins and Hitchens are the same as the devil. Curmudgeoness May 2015 #4

Another constant refrain has been how Dawkins, et al are pushing people away from non-belief. trotsky May 2015 #5

When the majority of young people have the courage of these young Muslims, mountain grammy May 2015 #6