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Originally Posted by m21sniper View Post
You actually believe your mean-spirited commentary to be helpful (let alone impactful) to society?
God belief is a form of repressive intellectual capitulation that can be quite malignant in and "dumbing" of society.

I think this was one of the most succinct summations of religion I've ever read. I don't think it's mean-spirited at all. Religion thrives on the status quo and prefers the status prior. Religion expects unquestioning belief of it's dogma; the church is the infallible authority on all subjects. Depending on the religion in question, anyone who disagrees is branded a heretic, excommunicated, or killed.

If that's not repressive intellectual capitulation and dumbing of society then I don't know what is.
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