Rational Thoughts - From a Religious Skeptic


	Rational Thoughts - From a Religious Skeptic

BartendingBear

7-23-2009 8:29 PM

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BartendingBear says:

Quotes from Eric Hoffer

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7-23-2009 9:57 PM

jmatts78

Eh, those statements aren't really fair, I think.

7-23-2009 10:35 PM

BartendingBear

Insightful commentary, jamatts.

7-24-2009 1:27 AM

The Infowarrior

Just because something is unfair, it does not follow that it is untrue.
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"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 (nobel prize winner and world renound physicist)

7-24-2009 12:22 PM

BartendingBear

I forgot to add

to my comment.

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