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Atheists & Agnostics

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3. The truly civilized carry civilization in their hearts, not as a yoke on their backs

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:07 AM

Mar 2016

Vine Deloria Jr. said something similar, but far better. I read him a long time ago. If I understood correctly, his take was that Middle Eastern religions first disable the internal compass, and then hand that person an external compass in the form of a book that they are told to trust instead.

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I Try To Do Good [View all] libodem Feb 2016 OP

deed before creed... tk2kewl Feb 2016 #1

"What keeps you from just killing people?" Curmudgeoness Feb 2016 #2

The truly civilized carry civilization in their hearts, not as a yoke on their backs Freelancer Mar 2016 #3

That external compass is a bane on society, Curmudgeoness Mar 2016 #4