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Atheists & Agnostics

Amimnoch

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1. Only religion makes good people do bad things.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:08 AM

Apr 2018

“Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.”-Steven Weinberg.

Not surprising at all that Christianity would be used in such a way.

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The preacher who used Christianity to revive the Ku Klux Klan [View all] yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2018 OP

Only religion makes good people do bad things. Amimnoch Apr 2018 #1

So true.. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #2

I'd never heard that quote. Excellent. Thanks! -nt Freelancer Apr 2018 #3