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A HERETIC I AM

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7. If we treated religion like we treat alcohol and cigarettes...

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 10:49 AM

Apr 2018

meaning restricted it’s use, teaching etc until the age of 18 at least and coupled that with an education system like the Scandinavian countries have, religious beliefs would fall to virtually nothing inside 20 years

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what really pushed me to atheism was finding out most of what I learned as a kid [View all] rurallib Apr 2018 OP

Welcome to the atheist club Farmer-Rick Apr 2018 #1

You weren't really cheated if those who taught you believed what they told you. You are Doodley Apr 2018 #2

I have no doubt many did not believe but had ulterior motives rurallib Apr 2018 #3

I was raised Catholic as was my brother. He is a priest and I am and never was a believer. wasupaloopa Apr 2018 #4

I am an atheist and have been since I was about 11. BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #5

Children are deliberately terrified Voltaire2 Apr 2018 #6

If we treated religion like we treat alcohol and cigarettes... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2018 #7

Maybe a bible buy-back program to get the things off the street! Freelancer Apr 2018 #8

Bible Buy-Back. Iggo Apr 2018 #9

I feel the same way gay texan May 2018 #10

aren't we glad we escaped? rurallib May 2018 #11