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Atheists & Agnostics

trotsky

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3. The notion that there are "races" and that certain races are superior to others...

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Fri Dec 22, 2017, 10:17 AM

Dec 2017

is a very old and persistent one, too. Just to confirm that yes, persistence of an idea has NO BEARING on its validity.

There are some who simply cannot grasp this concept though - in their desperation to validate their religious belief, they will latch onto ANYTHING to justify it to themselves.

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